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Thread ID: 89094 2008-04-20 19:40:00 You gotta hand it to Junior Doctors Digby (677) PC World Chat
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660741 2008-04-21 06:18:00 I don't think they can use the size of a student loan as reason to need more pay. From what I understand the govt pays 74% of the fees in all university/medical courses. A lot more than the junior doctors have to payback. Bring back bonding I think. then the govt could work a deal with lesser loan payments or suchlike.

I just wondered how many operations could be carried out for the reckoned $12M that the govt say the strike will cost.

Ken
kenj (9738)
660742 2008-04-21 07:14:00 From what I understand the govt pays 74% of the fees in all university/medical courses.
Since when?
Renmoo (66)
660743 2008-04-21 07:14:00 What about the rest of us?
What about our pay rise?Yeah Right!!!:rolleyes:

I am in the military and we cant go on strike or get pay rises when we need it.
We dont have a Union.If we go on strike we get done for mutiny and go to prison!!:eek:
We only get a pay rise when they want to give us one.We have such a high turn over because of our wages.
memphis (2869)
660744 2008-04-21 07:17:00 Excuse me if I am wrong but do not Doctors go through the education system and end up being a doctor. Once a doctor has qualified these days they may also have a student loan they may or may not pay off.

For the record I have worked for my current employer for the last 13 years.
In that time I have had a 4.5% pay increase on hourly rate. In my view I seem to going backward if you take into account inflation.

But I also have to say that I never had a student loan that are now bigger than the two mortgages I ever had either. In fact I never had a student loan ever.

I got 18% increase my 1st year, 5%, 2% 2% following years.....Maybe your boss is saying something to you?
SolMiester (139)
660745 2008-04-21 07:22:00 Since when?

There was a program on TV a week or so ago where this was stated. Can't remember when. My wife also remembers it as we both watched it

I maybe should have written it better, but the university education total costs are certainly a lot higher than the amount charged for degrees.

Ken
kenj (9738)
660746 2008-04-21 08:08:00 Correct Ken. The taxpayer still funds most of the cost of running our universities and polytechs. Student fees are generally about 25% of total course costs - still adds up to a lot of money in specialist courses like dentistry and medicine.

However in terms of what junior doctors want paid - the loans are fairly irrelevant. What our health system is up against is much better wages in other countries. Why would you stay here?
Winston001 (3612)
660747 2008-04-21 09:48:00 Junior doctors? So they are not really fully fledge doctors? Then hell no, let them *****. rob_on_guitar (4196)
660748 2008-04-21 10:21:00 I am in the military and we cant go on strike or get pay rises when we need it.
We dont have a Union.If we go on strike we get done for mutiny and go to prison!!:eek:
We only get a pay rise when they want to give us one.We have such a high turn over because of our wages.

You signed up for it. End of story.
Deane F (8204)
660749 2008-04-21 10:22:00 On the News tonight - what they're getting at the moment:

Salary - $88,000
Leave - 6 weeks per annum

and so on.

Screw 'em.
Deane F (8204)
660750 2008-04-21 10:27:00 You signed up for it. End of story.

Very correct.
rob_on_guitar (4196)
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