On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:43:03 +0200, J G Miller 
wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:48:25 +0100, Roderick Stewart wrote:
>> Why wouldn't it just mean more jobs for doctors? Why would a few extra
>> doctors setting up private practices cause the NHS to reduce its
>> staffing levels?
>Which returns to my point where do the (in this case extra) doctors come 
>from -- the vast majority are trained at predominantly public expense in
>publicly funded hospitals.
>
>If there are not extra doctors available in the job pool, then as I said
>the private practices would poach the doctors from the NHS, and the NHS
>would have its staffing levels reduced whether it wanted to or not.

And, of course, many consultants do both NHS and Private work.

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