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I had heart issues, still have shortness of breath and headaches after second dose. I have not reported it but I was close to calling ambulance one night. I lost faith in doctors here. They are laser focused on jabbing everything that moves and apparently they get £15 for each jabbed person. It's disgusting.

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You can find the exact billing per vaccine from NHS, (was £12.57 end of last year) but keep in mind that goes to the doctor, nurse, admin staff handling bookings, disposables budget, and all costs related to running the clinic. Doctors see a small percentage of that. The same thing happens for most of GP services. You don't expect them to work for free, do you? For the NHS itself is still likely cheaper than what a meltdown of hospital services would cost.

I thought they are paid salary. Isn't giving jabs part of their job?

A lot are salaried, some aren't, there's a number of models active at the same time. But NHS still has the ability to give incentives for things that are a benefit to everyone, like paying extra for vaccinations, screening for preventable diseases, etc. to give them priority. Also extra pay allows some clinics to run out of hours / weekend vaccination.

You should report it.

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