Why are there so many unemployed Doctors?

[Acorn1]

We keep being told the NHS would collapse without immigration, yet over half of UK trained doctors can’t get a job.

https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/pulse-careers/ha...

[Collectingbrass]

Acorn1 said:

We keep being told the NHS would collapse without immigration, yet over half of UK trained doctors can t get a job.

https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/pulse-careers/ha...

1. Because it takes so long to train a doctor, 4 - 6 years for the medical degree & 2 years of foundation training to get to the point of the article. And given most med schools want quite a bit at entry, not just A* a levels, you really need to add another 2 - 3 years to that. 10 years is a LONG time in the life of a parliament Whitehall planning cycles.

2. Immigration =/= demand for doctors. This is more about the other end of the pay scale.

[DeadShed]

It’s a very specific type of job at a very specific phase of a doctors training. It has no relevance to the wider picture of staff shortages across the NHS.

[Eric Mc]

The thread title is a little silly.

[Acorn1]

Eric Mc said:

The thread title is a little silly.

Why?

It’s a genuine question.

[911Spanker]

Acorn1 said:

Eric Mc said:

The thread title is a little silly.

Why?

It s a genuine question.

The title is incorrect: "What are there so many unemployed Doctors".

[Acorn1]

Ah yes, my bad.

So we train all these doctors at great expense and there’s no vacancies.

No wonder Australia is hoovering them up.

[Drumroll]

Acorn1 said:

Why?

It s a genuine question.

Why start a thread from an article that is 6 months old?

[911Spanker]

Acorn1 said:

Ah yes, my bad.

So we train all these doctors at great expense and there s no vacancies.

No wonder Australia is hoovering them up.

Any reason for the capital "D" in "Doctors"?

[s1962a]

Acorn1 said:

Ah yes, my bad.

So we train all these doctors at great expense and there s no vacancies.

No wonder Australia is hoovering them up.

Once we move to an insurance based NHS system (i.e. private), we'll have to put in some safeguards to make sure the private companies hire and train our homegrown doctors rather than going for the cheapest option.

[p1doc]

in GP land it is because private employers can employ a whole variety of doctor alternatives like physio/ot/ANP etc and get paid by the government for employing them or employ a GP and get no money from government, as private company=profit first guess what they choose