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Sol Invictus
08-03-2009, 03:47 PM
Daniel Martin
Mail Online
August 2, 2009

Family doctors could see their salaries soar by £27,000 once a swine flu vaccination programme is in place, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Yesterday they were trying to thrash out a deal which could see GPs paid £7.51 for every jab they give to patients.

They are also negotiating with ministers over their performance-related pay.
They want assurances they will not miss out on bonuses even if they have to cancel routine check-ups due to swine flu pressures – which has already started happening.

Every swine flu patient GPs inoculate will need two doses of the vaccine. With the average GP having 1,800 patients, that means a salary boost of just over £27,000.

This figure would give doctors a pay rise some 25 per cent above their usual salary of £107,000.

Read entire article (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203126/27-000-swine-flu-bonus-GPs-earn-107-000.html)

Freomæg
08-03-2009, 05:47 PM
So... a wonderful incentive for doctors to promote the use of untested vaccinations - ie an increase in the possibility of doctors lying to people when telling us weneed it. And they wonder why people are suspicious about the whole thing.

Skandi
08-03-2009, 10:23 PM
Thanks for these lovely cheerfull thoughts, I have to admit that I have moved 5 times since I last registered with a doctor, so I doubt they'll be catching me for it!