GP earns £475K.. public sector pay analysis on BBC News

[CheeseSlice]

Forget cracking down on tax avoidance to raise cash. This lot are ripe for the picking....

BBC News: Public Sector pay: The numbers

[minestrone]

GPs are not public sector employees.

[thunderlizard]

"Number of individuals earning over £100,000" is surprisingly low for a couple of those silos.

(can we still say "silos" or has the MBA community officially retired that in favour of "verticals"?).

[DimPrawn]

GPs are not public sector employees.

No, they are public sector contractors, and are very well paid ones at that.

[CheeseSlice]

No, they are public sector contractors, and are very well paid ones at that.

If only I could get a contract like the "GP contract".. bonuses for quality and performance. I bet its all self assessed. Kind of like a waiter in a restaurant calculating his own tip and taking it from your credit card without asking.

[AtW]

Kind of like a waiter in a restaurant calculating his own tip and taking it from your credit card without asking.

Well, that's what they do - I regularly see 10% added to bill automatically as a tip...

[SupremeSpod]

Well, that's what they do - I regularly see 10% added to bill automatically as a tip...

Oh FFS, who woke you up? HAB?

[MrRobin]

University College London NHS foundation trust employs 17 people performing "admin and clerical" duties, all over £100,000, one of them £250,000!

Time to swot up on how to work the photocopier! Boomed!

[minestrone]

If only I could get a contract like the "GP contract".. bonuses for quality and performance. I bet its all self assessed. Kind of like a waiter in a restaurant calculating his own tip and taking it from your credit card without asking.

The figures come from clinical data. Health care has improved massively because of the new contract as the GP is rewarded for early detection.

[Dearnla]

GP earns £475K

Poof - Is that all??