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To think most NHS GPs are underpaid

137 replies

Marue · 19/10/2015 20:56

Everyone seems to think that gp s all earn 150k. However both of the gp s I know "only" earn about 10k a day that they work and both have been doing the job 6-8 years.

I say only as quite frankly for the amount of training they have, the serious job they have and the consequences if they get something wrong then it doesn't seem like much. I earn a similar amount once my bonus is added in and I don't have an important job at all and has very little responsibility.

Both the gp s I know do just want to quit, one has recently been through a court case by a bereaved family and was cleared of anything. But has taken up so much of her free time and caused her stress to go through the roof.

OP posts:
AyeAmarok · 19/10/2015 21:00
Hmm
Marue · 19/10/2015 21:01

What's that for?

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EldonAve · 19/10/2015 21:01

10K a day doesn't sound that bad

babyiwantabump · 19/10/2015 21:02

10k a day?

Marue · 19/10/2015 21:02

Obviously I mean 10k a day per year. So 30k for three days a week.

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bearleftmonkeyright · 19/10/2015 21:02

10k a day, have you mistyped.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/10/2015 21:03

10k a day sounds pretty amazing!

ilovechristmas123 · 19/10/2015 21:03

how many days do they work per year

itsmine · 19/10/2015 21:03

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bearleftmonkeyright · 19/10/2015 21:03

Not obvious to me!

ilovechristmas123 · 19/10/2015 21:03

im confused now

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/10/2015 21:04

10k a day per year Confused

saucony · 19/10/2015 21:04

I'd love to earn £30k for 3 days work. Blush

JeffsanArsehole · 19/10/2015 21:04

My friends daughter is a GP, she's 24 and earns £98k

Sounds very good to me for a full time salary

Cornettoninja · 19/10/2015 21:05

So they work a one day week and their total salary is 10k?

BrandNewAndImproved · 19/10/2015 21:05

I didn't realise it was that much! I know what I'll be slightly pushing my dc to be when they're older now!

HPsauciness · 19/10/2015 21:06

Those GPs have chosen not to work full time or be a partner. The partners I know earn over £100,000 a year. That's not to say it's not a very demanding and stressful job in which they are overloaded, it definitely is. But the money is something of a compensation which is why they keep doing it, I guess!

AyeAmarok · 19/10/2015 21:06

My friends daughter is a GP, she's 24 and earns £98k

Shock Seriously? How the hell?!

JeffsanArsehole · 19/10/2015 21:07

Sorry, she's 26

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/10/2015 21:07

I think they deserve their salary, whatever that might be. Our Gps are fantastic.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/10/2015 21:09

Ooh that was confusing of me. What I mean is that I think they might be underpaid if they only get £50k for 5 days a week.

fakenamefornow · 19/10/2015 21:09

Maybe it's that you get paid too much?

rollonthesummer · 19/10/2015 21:09

My friends daughter is a GP, she's 24 and earns £98k

Really-how is that? I wouldn't have thought, at 24, that would give enough time to do a medicine degree and GP training?

EldonAve · 19/10/2015 21:10

Sorry but it's 5 years of med school plus 2 years foundation training then 3 years speciality training to be a GP

Playdoughcaterpillar · 19/10/2015 21:10

Impossible to be fully qualified GP by age 26. 5 years med school. 2 years foundation. 3 years minimum GP training.

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