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originally posted by: IAMTAT
originally posted by: bastion
Well yeah, as the article explains it's so it will be cost neutral, it's not the GPs being paid, there's no profit involved. They're not making any money off it as £12.58 is the admin, freezing, storage, vaxing, staff cost per jab.
Most people had their jabs done at vax centres rather than having it at their GP practice and the GP doesn't even adninister the jab if people have it at their practice. There hasn't been a massive pressure campaign in the UK either.
Yeah...that's the spin.
Thanks.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
originally posted by: bastion
originally posted by: teapot
a reply to: IAMTAT
Good people or bad people, makes no difference, GP's are now all businessmen/peeps/theys/others. Each surgery is a registered business and vaccination forms part of the business model and income stream
As I understand it, GP's are paid for each registered patient who gets jabbed, even if the patient receives the jab at a vaccination centre rather than the surgery?
The GP doesn't get paid - The Clinic al Commisioning Group reimburses the Primary Care Network the administration costs of providing the vaccinations.
Here's a link to the NHS reimbursement page explaining more
...and then the two PCN representatives distribute payments to the GP.
The lead practice will also be responsible for receiving all payments for their PCN group and distributing payments to the other practices.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: IAMTAT
In the US. . .
"The Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law prohibit medical providers from paying or receiving kickbacks, remuneration, or anything of value in exchange for referrals of patients who will receive treatment paid for by government healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, and from entering into certain kinds of financial relationships."
constantinecannon.com...#:~:text=The%20Anti-Kickback%20Statute%2 0and%20Stark%20Law%20prohibit%20medical,from%20entering%20into%20certain%20kinds%20of%20financial%20relationships.
Not sure of the laws in the UK.
originally posted by: Moohide
a reply to: IAMTAT
Also getting extra pay for....
GPs are also visiting those who cannot leave home to ensure that they are also protected.
They will receive an additional £10 on top of the standard vaccination fee for all every housebound person they vaccinate.
Some GP services working in towns and cities have been vaccinating more than 100 people with conditions such as dementia, each day.
£10 x 100 people = £1000 per day, thats £5000 per week if they work 5 days (a lot of doctors don't they work 2 or 3 days a week). That's on top of there pay of £100,000 or more a week.
Absolutely Scandolous. NHS England
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However, “enhanced services”, such as national vaccination schemes, are paid for separately (here). This money is paid to the general practice, not individual doctors as the Facebook meme suggests. The confusion may stem from the fact general practice (the surgery) and general practitioner (the doctor) are both commonly abbreviated to GP.
The BMJ article says that general practices are normally paid £10.06 to administer a flu vaccine. This fee is increased by 25% for the COVID-19 vaccine due to “extra training, post-vaccine observation and other associated costs”. The BMJ article quotes from an NHS England letter outlining the proposal that was sent to general practice teams on Nov. 9 (here).
www.reuters.com...
Pfizer Hit with Largest Criminal Fine in US History
In addition to the honor of largest criminal fine of any type from the feds ever (according to the DOJ), Pfizer will also pay the largest civil fraud settlement ($1 billion) ever forced on a pharmaceutical company in the US.
There is no pay scale for salaried GPs.
For a doctor working less than full time, this salary is calculated pro rata.
While the DDRB pay range for salaried GPs in England goes up to £91,229, there is no upper limit.
The exact salary for all GPs is a matter of negotiation between the salaried GP and the employer.
An unidentified GP is earning £700,000 a year - four times Boris Johnson's salary
Nearly 7,500 GPs have incomes between £100,000 and £199,999, NHS confirms
Figures are a contrast to the starting salary of a newly qualified nurse - £24,907
From Pfizer to Moderna: who's making billions from Covid-19 vaccines?
The companies in line for the biggest gains – and the shareholders who have already made fortunes
Sat 6 Mar 2021 06.55 EST
The arrival of Covid-19 vaccines promises a return to more normal life – and has created a global market worth tens of billions of dollars in annual sales for some pharmaceutical companies.
Among the biggest winners will be Moderna and Pfizer – two very different US pharma firms which are both charging more than $30 per person for the protection of their two-dose vaccines. While Moderna was founded just 11 years ago, has never made a profit and employed just 830 staff pre-pandemic, Pfizer traces its roots back to 1849, made a net profit of $9.6bn last year and employs nearly 80,000 staff.
But other drugmakers, such as the British-Swedish AstraZeneca and the US pharma Johnson & Johnson, have pledged to provide their vaccines on a not-for-profit basis until the pandemic comes to an end.
Whether the market remains a money-spinner in the future depends on whether the vaccines become the type that need just a one-off shot – as for measles – or if regular vaccinations will be required, such as for flu. But in the immediate future, there are big financial returns up for grabs.
Here, we look at who is in line for the biggest gains – and which shareholders have already made fortunes.