Lovely picture: is it copyright? ;->>
I'm not sure how much a locum in England earns (and where can I find
something that links income after tax with cost of living and services -
such as health and employer's pension contributions - provided/not
provided?)
>have a job just like English GP, no on-call AT ALL, no hospital ,
This depends on the organisation of the health services locally - and
don't forget that GPs in the UK pay 6% of basic practice income to avoid
having every GP in the practice on 24hr call..
There are still areas - such as Highlands and Islands and the English
equivalents - where if the GPs are not on 24/7 call, there is no primary
care coverage.
Mind you, when I was in the USA, 24 hour coverage was a concept that was
not understood: you went (own transport) to a hospital emergency room -
and would be sent home to collect evidence of insurance before being
seen.
>no nothing you don't want to do,
Things have changed in England since you emigrated!
> take an hour off early as I did today
Er .. if you are a salaried GP (in English terms) do you make up the
time at a different time and reach an agreement before this?
My practice manager - very reasonable and flexible - would be most
unhappy if any of us just decided to walk out on surgeries without
notice because the weather was good (or for any other reason!)
As a partner, I would be tempted to terminate your contract!
> as it was a bit warm out, and earn almost as much as a full-time locum
>back in Blighty. I do as much as I feel like, no responsibility as I
>work for someone else,
Are we supposed to sympathise with the someone else?
My practice employs locums - and we do expect responsibly within
contractual job roles...
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Graham Balin
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>jenny sudell wrote:
>> What are you all doing for Christmas?
>> we are moving on the 18th December to a new job, and I intend to sit
>>on a red hot beach, in my new house which is in 50 acres of woodland,
>>and watch the sunset while eating barbequed christmas dinner and
>>hoping to get a glimpse of a whale if Im not too late in the season.
>> Our first post here didnt work out well, too bloody busy, 4900
>>patients, a hospital a full pharmacy no pharmacist, single handed and
>>covering an area about the size if England with only the flying
>>doctors for backup. 24/7 on callno breaks, (Chris got 47 phone calls
>>one sunday when he was covering for 5 other docs in the area between
>>8pm and 8am and then had a 40 patient surgery booked in the next day)
>> On the plus side i am now a fully qualified xray operator so learnt
>>massive amounts while being here.
>> Also I ran the pharmacy so know a hell of a lot more about pharmacy
>>now too.
>> I have been slapped, spat at, sworn at and the latest has been a guy
>>who told me he was on his way to the surgery with a gun and he wasnt
>>afraid to use it on me!
>> What doesnt kill you makes you stronger for sure, including my latest
>>bit of fun when I felt a sharp pain on my boob, only to discover a
>>redback spider in my bra which bit me and then scuttled off before I
>>had a chance to stomp on it. I looked like I had grown a third breast
>>and wondered how long it would be swollen, and if there was a bra
>>manufacturer that could accommadate my new figure.
>> It made me really ill, sytemically I was in a poor way for a few
>>days, Arthritis, temp, visual and auditory disturbances, weird. I can
>>see how it could be fatal to elderly and youngsters. Made me feel
>>bloody rough. Anyway apart from that I have no regrets about leaving
>>the UK, although i do miss the rain, of which we get virtually none,
>>and there is a pipeline that brings water from Perth to Kalgolrlie
>>hundreds of miles, so waterwise is part of life here, no green and
>>pleasant land and living in a desert is a real change of lifestyle to
>>living on the isle of wight.
>> Poppy (my 12 year old) is doing well learning to fly, and will get
>>her pilots license as soon as she is old enough.
>> cool! So be grateful when your teens pester you to buy them a car,
>>mine are pestering me to buy them a plane.Happy Christmas Jen and Chris
>Ah, you've answered my question.
>
>Of course, you and Chris could have come to Redcliffe, have a job just
>like English GP, no on-call AT ALL, no hospital , no nothing you don't
>want to do, take an hour off early as I did today as it was a bit warm
>out, and earn almost as much as a full-time locum back in Blighty. I do
>as much as I feel like, no responsibility as I work for someone else,
>do whatever I feel skilled enough to do [ Friday I remove my first
>melanoma - at least I reckon its a MM on dermatoscopy [another new
>skill] - and if it is confirmed I'll pass it on to a better colleaugue
>to do the wide excision].
>Now enjoying a Cabernet Merlot that cost £1.50 [glut in S.Australia at
>present] and enjoying the balmy evening, 80 deg F with a lovely sea
>breeze. Apols for the attachment but I'm feeling very mellow and
>couldn't resist! [View from my unit [aka 'flat] about 50 yards from
>surgery.]
>
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Mary Hawking
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