Colleagues
No wonder we can't recruit into A & E. Today I was glancing through the
jobs section of the BMJ and I jest not. There is a post advertised for a
salaried GP required to work five mornings a week. No afternoons or
on-call. No rushing out to see chest pains or scraping people off the M6.
The salary is £40,000 a year. All you have to do is work a few afternoons
more and you earn 30% more than an A & E consultant. The advantages are
endless, no trolleys in the corridor, no kicking out drunks or getting spat
or pucked at.
Our staff grades who have many years of experience often don't earn that for
56 hours a week. Our working environment is far worse.
Danny McGeehan
Stafford
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