Is it Immoral for NHS Doctors and Surgeons to Move to America For More Money?

OP

So your saying a neurosurgeon wouldn't be able to find a job in neuro surgery regardless of how good he is?

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OP

well that sounds a bit ludicrous, I thought in medicine that it didn't matter where you studied as its not like american people are built differently to british people ?

Reply 9

It's immoral to expect anyone intelligent to put up with any of this toy town s**t.

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username5397146

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same way teachers, teach english abroad. its not selfish you're looking out for yourself.

Reply 11

Original post by Hazadd

well that sounds a bit ludicrous, I thought in medicine that it didn't matter where you studied as its not like american people are built differently to british people ?

Have you ever genuinely thought UK docs and foreign ones were treated the same?

Reply 12

OP

sorry to spam with questions but your basically saying that its very hard to get a work visa in america and also as hard to get the same job you had in england?

Reply 13

OP

Original post by StriderHort

Have you ever genuinely thought UK docs and foreign ones were treated the same?

well I know that england is a developed country so why would they be treated less?

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999tigger

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Original post by Hazadd

Lets imagine a 32 year old neurosurgeon decides he has had enough of the horrendous pay conpensation from the NHS and wants to relocate to america just for more money, is he looked down upon as there is already a shortage of doctors?

Do you think he deserves applauding or a medal?
What is the horrendous pay?

Why dont we ask as medical representative of the sub forum?

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Original post by Hazadd

well I know that england is a developed country so why would they be treated less?

I'm not from a med background, but I meant the racism and a general hatred of foreigners.

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mnot

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Original post by Hazadd

Lets imagine a 32 year old neurosurgeon decides he has had enough of the horrendous pay conpensation from the NHS and wants to relocate to america just for more money, is he looked down upon as there is already a shortage of doctors?

Its much harder to move to US and get work in the medical profession if you are not trained their.

The US compensation is largely based on a very different healthcare model that is very market dependant (and can vary hugly internally even within the same state) and the financial cost of becoming a medical profession is huge. Its not unusual for US specialist to start work after close to 10 years university in the states and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt (none of which can be written off, even if they go bankrupt they still owe the university fees in the US).

Comparing net salary US Vs UK medical professional salaries is not even a close to fair comparison, the UK is not horrendous pay, quite the opposite, they are public sector workers who make well above average salaries having had the education extremely heavily subsidised.

(edited 3 years ago)

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999tigger

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Original post by Ramipril

Anybody looking down on him needs to mind their own business. It isn't that specific doctor's fault that there is a doctor shortage in this country. Also, being a doctor is a job and just like in any other job, career and life plans and changes are allowed to happen.

Too true, but I can see them changing employment contracts so ones who stay get debt written off and ones who leave are asked to increase repayments. Doctors arent really just like any other job though.

Reply 18

Honestly 100% cannot tell if sarcasm :colonhash:

I kind of hope not, I just have no faith in us, i just meet too many bad y'know?

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OP