>> From small sample no conclusion can be made BUT most younger GPs are female and
>> some have kids and work part-time.
>> As partners they get paid pro-rata if they see patients or do not see patients.
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>> The vet depends 100% everyday on seeing dogs & cats to make a living! He
>> works 5.5 days and does OOH visits on top.
As you say, it's a small sample but I suspect the comparison is in apples/pears territory.
The work they do, and the way in which they're remunerated for it, is different. Doctors neither euthanise not neuter their patients. I suspect too that a lot of advice is given over the phone and at least some treatments delivered by the equivalent of what Lygonos calls 'Noctors'.
Whatever latitude part time GPs have to be paid whether or not seeing patients applies to the full time cohort too. Presumably partnership agreements, peer observation and action by senior and/or managing partners ensure that folks pull their weight.
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