GPs ‘working as Uber drivers’ because they can’t find jobs as medics warn of ‘unprecedented crisis’ | Politics News
https://news.sky.com/story/gps-working-as-uber-drivers-because-they-cant-find-jobs-as-medics-warn-of-unprecedented-crisis-13317540
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Can someone explain why GPs are not exempt from employers national insurance? Does the NHS also pay employers national insurance?
So we’ve got qualified GPs driving taxis while at the same time nobody can get an appointment to see a GP. Amazing country.
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Is there actual evidence of a single GP working as a taxi driver or is this hypoethical.
Reminder that most GP surgeries are privately run but publicly funded. If you’re wondering why you’re seeing more nurses or pharmacists than doctors, it’s because they can service/charge for more patients for the same budget. Nurses are cheaper than GPs. There are also funding incentives for hiring people in roles other than Doctors.
So yeah, maximise profits.
There is literally no excuse for the government not hiring these doctors looking for paid medical work. Our politicians falsely believe money is scarce and that they have nominal budget constraints. This has unbelievably deep and damaging impacts on policy. This is a crystal clear example of this “household budget” paradigm which is false.
Weren’t we told we need high immigration as we’ve a shortage of doctors?
Lot of local practices survive on their rep with the OAP lot. So they have no choice but to put up with the generic hypochondriacs, wrinklies that just want to chat with someone (there’s ‘Spoons and Bingo for that) and the % getting ahead of the queue only because the receptionist or nurse is close family.
Why would any of them do that can’t they just go abroad like they claim they will do if we don’t pay more?
Doctors making house calls? I wonder why nobody has thought of it before?