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Old 20th Dec 2020, 13:32
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ShyTorque

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Originally Posted by Radgirl
This depends upon which side of the desk you sit. I know prices vary tremendously, but from a healthcare provider's perspective the expenditure is as follows:

Provision of room - capital cost, business rates, heating and lighting. A charge of £30 to £40 an hour in practice has little profit

Staff costs - you have to have one other person. A qualified person such as a nurse FTE is £27 an hour including employer's costs.
Why is that? I’ve been having civilian pilot medical checks for thirty years and have seldom seen this “other” qualified person apart from the AME himself and certainly not at all for at least two dozen years (even though these days I need a medical every six months).

I just paid £270, btw.
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