Comments on: Irish Medical Consultants

By: Bock

Bock — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:09:04 +0000

No Allen. It isn’t madness.

It’s greed and arrogance. It’s vested interests and corruption.

By: Allen Kennedy

Allen Kennedy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:12:02 +0000

This is madness. I’m a Pulmonologist in Chicago in private practise. I earn around $250k per annum, but I do not make the kind of money your talking about (Euros as well)

Where do I apply…

Allen

By: John Mc

John Mc — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:16:14 +0000

Excellent editorial Bock. My Father worked in the Mid-West health service in a professional role, (not a doctor), for over 30 years. He practically foams at the mouth, and has done so for years, when the subject of consultants comes up. His take is they ultimately ruined a decent medical system. Not so much by their greed but by their intransigence. They were utterly opposed to any changes.

By: Rhebogue ranter

Rhebogue ranter — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:29:50 +0000

Aparently 200k is mickey mouse money according to some consultants.So the taxes that we all pay without accountability is considered mikey mouse money.I for one would like to know that my taxes are getting a full days work from the consultants.

Ireland has the best pay in the world for consultants apart from the USA where the consultants are self employed and do not have security of tenure and pension benefits comparable to our consultants. Romantic Ireland is truly fumbling in a greasy till.

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:05:42 +0000

Derfen: Great plan. You should try and get a public contract for your new consultancy.

Paddy: 220k is hardly cheap labour, no?

Doctor Pill: It isn’t a severe pay cut for the eisting guys. They keep their present cotracts. And anyway, if public work is such an imposition, why don’t the disaffected guys simply restrict their practice exclusively to private work?

Flirty: You found me out. Secretly, I’m a world-famous Pulitzer-prizewinning jopurnalist. I’m just pretending to be an obscure Irish blogger.

By: Flirty Something

Flirty Something — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:33:16 +0000

Bock, I love your pieces. Do you write professional, think it would make an amazing social commentary column in one of the papers.

By: thebitterpill

thebitterpill — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:45:13 +0000

Bock, I agree the consultants are being ridiculous. But the specialist reg is right about one thing. Right now with public + priv work these guys make serious money. For them 200k is a severe pay cut. Whether we feal it is a reasonable salary or not, why would they agree to a pay cut?

You’ll be happy to know my latest article exponds on the greediness of consultants and their neglect of public duties.

By: paddy

paddy — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:31:19 +0000

“clock-punching, detached, disengaged automatons” Yes that’s us and throw ignorant into the mix. Bock was it ever any different and we still haven’t got our act together. Still it’s nice to see (though I’m dead set against it as regards cheap labour) the open global market putting the squeeze on them: (demi) God’s more like.
A decent days work for a decent day’s pay for white, black, yellow, aliens the lot. Decent minimum wages that you can live on for all. Y:-) Paddy

By: derfen

derfen — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:44:09 +0000

Greedy bastards………..then again, Mercs & Beemers don’t grow on trees you know.

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