Brendan Ryan (Labour)

He was surprised at the salary, far higher than that in the UK, for a 33 hour week. He was also surprised at the number of medical insurance submission forms which he had to sign. He stated, "I was amazed to discover I was expected to submit a bill for my services and that I would be paid for looking after these patients whom I felt I was already paid to look after". Everybody knows I am sick of declaring my interest here but I wish to draw the attention of the House to that comment on the way we do our business from somebody who thinks that our doctors and nurses are great but who was astonished at the amount of money that was pouring into his pockets over the course of a short locum service he provided as a locum consultant physician.