londonblue
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All a bit short-sighted if you ask me. The sooner the Junior Doctors complete their training the sooner they can leave the NHS, go private and absolutely coin it in.
Not entirely true. Firstly not all doctors do private work and those that do tend to rely on their NHS contacts for private work, ie if they leave the NHS they are out of the loop so to speak and their private work will fall off somewhat. Moreover, IIRC they're also contracted to have to work for the NHS for a number of years after qualifying.
Also, to get private work you need to be a consultant, and that takes a lot of extra study (and years) which will keep them in the NHS for a long time after qualifying before they can even think about private work.