[bsdz]

Perhaps there's a little of that going on here in the UK. Doctors can certainly command a decent salary especially if they specialise, run private clinics etc. That said, I feel it's probably more complicated than that. Each place costs approx £230k (only £65k paid by student by way of loans). This means increasing supply is a costly endeavour. The government also says that they wish to maintain teaching and learning standards; although, I don't really buy that part.

[tim333]

Of course the UK government can avoid the training cost by hiring foreigners. From my personal experience maybe half the NHS doctors are from overseas.

[jetbooster]

Thank goodness we didn't make some insane political move that makes that harder then!