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Jay That was the point I was trying to make. Why should a solicitor be able to charge upwards of £100 per hour and a highly trained, experienced occupational health practitioner be expected to work for £30-50? Is it a question of the perception of the occupational health practitioner being “just a nurse”? (Yes, I heard that only the other day!) My argument is that perhaps we need to raise the awareness of the value of the OH practitioner in people’s minds so that they are paid what I believe they are really worth. Note that I am not an OH practitioner, but one who values what they do and feels sad that others do not share my view. Chris From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jay Chapman Sent: 30 July 2010 09:24 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Salaries and Jobs I was under the impression that OHAs contributed to the preservation, and occasional, saving of lives so where doe that leave your argument? Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Packham <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Salaries and Jobs Would you expect a solicitor to charge less than £100 per hour? Not if he/she is any good. The solicitor may save you money and keep you out of court. The occupational health practitioner can save lives. Perhaps it is a sad judgement on society that the solicitor is valued more than the occupational health practitioner. Or could it be that the occupational health practitioners are not that good at ‘marketing’ their profession? (I’ll go and put my tin hat and flack jacket on now!) Chris ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH