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Handsome Jack wrote:
Mark posted
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:45:27 +0100, Andrew
wrote:

On 23/07/2017 23:46, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp wrote:
while the NHS staff get paid peanuts.

I can *really* assure you that NHS staff do not get paid
'peanuts'.

Some do. Senior staff don't. As in all organisations.

13 years of NuLab saw the NHS budget leap from
£38 Billion to £115 Billion and most of that increase was
down to increased staff costs. The headcount went from 960,000
in 1997 to 1,350,000 by 2007.

And remember, up to 2011 they only paid 6% superannuation
towards their 40/80'ths final salary pension (plus one-off
3x 1st years pension as a tax-free lump sum.).

So why does the NHS struggle to recruit qualified staff?

It doesn't, except for the shortage of qualified doctors and allied
professions. And that is the fault of the higher education system, not
salaries.

It's not the fault of the "Higher eductation system" per se, it's the fault
of Government imposed limits on numbers that may be taught.

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