A saúde está difícil, para os doentes, para os pagadores (Estado e Segurados), e até os profissionais de saúde se queixam.
- The U.K.'s National Health Service, the state-run system that provides medical care to residents of England and Wales, paid specialist doctors about 112,000 pounds ($228,000) this year, an increase of 16 percent since 2004.
- while qualified ambulance staff earned 32,100 pounds and qualified nurses earned 26,100 pounds, the Information Centre, an independent body that collects and analyzes health statistics.
- Consultants' salaries don't include all the private work that they undertake outside of the NHS.
A propósito desta notícia, o que diz a British Medical Association: ``It takes over 15 years of intensive training to become a consultant,'' . ``They are highly skilled and their salaries reflect the intensity and responsibility of their work.''
Notas: 1 euro = 1,37 dolares; 1 euro = 0,67 libras britânicas.
