Are GP's worth £100K pa?

[DimPrawn]

But not paying tax is SOOOOOOOOOO "unfair".

DP in "New Lie" mode.

Good luck to all the GP's milking the <toot-toot> public sector overtime gravy train.

[AlfredJPruffock]

You'd almost be better off earning 15k under the table doing odd jobs, + family tax credit, housing benefits, disability benefit or whatever it's called and get your free motability Nissan....

How very true RL , and I know one or two folks back in the UK who do just that and do very well thankyou.

The saddest sound in all the World , is the overtaxed worker

AJP

[Rebecca Loos]

agree with John Galt but also with AtW (what?). In Brown's world, what is a salary of £100k? Not that much, once everything's deducted. You'd almost be better off earning 15k under the table doing odd jobs, + family tax credit, housing benefits, disability benefit or whatever it's called and get your free motability Nissan....

[John Galt]

What the hell is all this 'fair' business. GP's study for years to do what they do and have their worklife hindered by stupid Government forms and regulations. Tell you what let's all settle down in a nice little commune and we'll all earn the same, regardless of ability - that will be 'fair' and we can sing round the camp fire as one voice enjoying giving up our ambition and achievements in favour of our brother's welfare

[n5gooner]

I think some opted in and some opted out of working out of hours.......

[n5gooner]

but a lot of that 100k is in over time, and lets be honest if its available, and you want the extra $$$ you'd do the over time. Dr's work long hours, and train for many many years.

[Not So Wise]

Are GP's worth £100K pa?

Some yes, others (majority?) no. Especially the ones like a friend of mines GP who i took to the other day as they were to sick to make it on their own.

Such a strong accent (indian) he would not get a job at an indian call center

His understanding of spoken english was so poor nearly everything had to be repeated 3 times (and the speaker had a perfectly normal voice with nearly no accent, god help this guy if he ever got a scot or welshy with a strong accent)

And last but not least, such a arrogant and uncareing ***** that i felt like belting him within 1 minute of meeting him

£35,000 - Plumber

Somehow highly doubt that, more likely this is just their "official" earnings, unoffcially most likely a lot higher . Most plumbers are booked solid all year round and these guys are not cheap.

[AtW]

I think the truth is simpler -- everyone is robbed by brown with his indirect taxes. The only difference is that Doc will drive Merc S500 and pay more in taxes due to higher fuel consumption, and ordinary Joe will drive Ford Focus TDCI.

Basically I think everyone is fecked and the only difference is how hard it is

[DimPrawn]

So what you are saying AtW is that Brown should increase taxes further so that we can effectively get doctors for free?

Good plan.

[AtW]

Well, 40% income tax + 12% NI - that's 50 grand+ earned by Mr Brown. The remainder is 5k per month. Take over priced house, faulty Merc, kids that have to get their Uni paid for, wife and pets, car insurance -- all money spend on that taxed by Mr Brown, so probably 70-80k out of 100k end up in the treasury, which then pays out 100k salary. So real cost to the Govt is just 20k. Now a lot is it?

[DimPrawn]

Well figures suggest that the average GP now earns £100,000 pa. Many earn much more than this.

That's 4x the average nurse.

Is this "Fair"?

Do you think it is a good thing that GP's now earn more than hospital consultants?

£100,000 - GPs
£75,000 - Hospital consultant
£60,000 - University professor
£57,000 - Backbench MP
£35,000 - Plumber
£32,000 - Train driver
£28,500 - Journalist
£26,000 - Nurse
£12,000 - Hospital porter


Personally I think it's great news.

Next time I go to my GP and he tells me I look like tulipe, should rest and take an aspirin, I'll be glad he's well compensated for that insightful medical advice.


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