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'I’m a trained GP, but I can’t get a job': the absurd new crisis in the NHS (inews.co.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago

“I’m not actually sure I’m going to be able to find a job,” she confesses, explaining that there’s just one qualified GP position advertised on NHS Jobs within a 10-mile radius of her home in Leeds.

Enter private practice?

googles

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/08/private-healthcare-could-become-a-new-normal-as-nhs-grows-weaker

Separate data published last Tuesday by the Private Healthcare Information Network showed that private hospitals cared for 665,000 people, a combination of PMI and “self-payers”, between January and September 2023 – a new record and 7% higher year on year. The commonest procedures performed included blood tests, knee replacements, peripheral nerve blocks, eardrum surgery and tonsil removal.

That sounds like it's growing.