--- "Dunn Matthew Dr. (RJC) ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY -
SwarkHosp-TR" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Definitely a way of turning a threat into an
> opportunity. GPs are talking
> about £100/ hour for the midnight to 8 am shift i.e.
> nearly 300k/ year in
> payments to GPs alone just to cover this shift. If
> you can recruit staff to
> work that shift and they don't mind seeing the
> primary care (which won't be
> many patients) you can get a lot of middle grades
> for that sort of money.
>
But where are you going to get them from?! A lot of
staff grades in A&E are blowing the dust off their
JCPTGP certificates or joining GP training schemes.
Who is going to want to work out of hours for £30k a
year when you can work normal hours as a GP for 3
times that!
Cheers Fred.
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