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    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.