Surgeons to be paid a bonus?
By Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
July 20, 2008 5:16am CST
I've just heard that there are suggestons that surgeons in the UK should be paid a bonus for doing 'a good job' when operating.
Are they not doing a 'good job' already? (and, if not, why are they still employed???) 
What it the criteria for 'good job'? Is there a 'tick-list' ... and, if they fail to tick one of the boxes during the operation can they just give up trying?
- and what happens if they DON'T do a 'good job'?
What it the criteria for 'good job'? Is there a 'tick-list' ... and, if they fail to tick one of the boxes during the operation can they just give up trying?
- and what happens if they DON'T do a 'good job'?1 response
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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20 Jul 08
I heard that too. This is all part of the Government's mania to create a meritocracy within the Public Service and pay on results. Presuming that all surgeons meet a minimum surgical standard already; or they wouldn't be employed, this can only mean one thing, work faster! Now to do that actually requires not the surgeons, but their support mechanisms to be better arranged. Personally I would like to see an end to surgeons being paid full time by the NHS, but then taking periods of time off in the week to work on their private lists. I once worked within a bonus payment environment in the Civil Service. I saw nobody who worked any harder or better because they thought that they might get a lump sum at the end of the year. I did hear a lot of moaning and saw slacking from those not selected. I also saw people receive bonuses ecause the "system" dare not give them one. The bonus system in a non-profit/sales environment is divisive and non-productive. I would love for someone to prove differently.
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