Should private practitioners be paid for teaching?

Yes, Managers Should Be Paid like Bureaucrats

Corporate scandals, reflected in excessive management compensation and fraudulent accounts, cause considerable damage. Agency theory’s insistence on linking the compensation of managers and directors as closely as possible to firm performance is a major reason for these scandals. They cannot be overcome by improving variable pay for performance, as selfish extrinsic motivation is reinforced. Ba...

How much should nurse consultants be paid?

There was no consensus on the issue of how much nurse consultants should be paid among the practitioners we spoke to at last week's UKCC roadshow. Some suggested starting salaries of around £25,000, and others said 'the sky's the limit'.

How much should be paid for specialised treatment?

English health policy has moved towards establishing specialist multi-disciplinary teams to care for patients suffering rare or particularly complex conditions. But the healthcare resource groups (HRGs), which form the basis of the prospective payment system for hospitals, do not explicitly account for specialist treatment. There is a risk, then, that hospitals in which specialist teams are bas...

Sports and Antitrust: Should College Students Be Paid to Play

David Oliver: What should senior doctors be paid?

The English health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, claimed in his “25 year vision” that the average wage for a hospital consultant was £118 000 (€167 000; $184 000) a year, putting us in “the top 2% income bracket.” This made for a good soundbite, but Hunt’s speech was heavy with spin to sell changes in the consultant contract. Portraying doctors as overpaid, lazy, or Luddite plays to certain sections ...