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::::::: All doctors working within the NHS framework are paid an annual basic salary, on top of which the receive banding (according to hours worked and job intensity).  Consultants (Attendings) can also receive pay awards for clinical excellence.  There is no extra pay granted on a per procedure basis, and so a gynaecologist will receive the same pay whether or not he/she performs abortions.  In fact this has led to a de facto reduction in both the number of NHS abortions and the upper gestational limit above which an abortion is refused, as NHS doctors are refusing to perform late term abortions in most cases.  In fact the number of doctors in the UK performing abortions in the NHS is declining in absolute terms (forcing the NHS to contract out to private providers)

::::::: All doctors working within the NHS framework are paid an annual basic salary, on top of which the receive banding (according to hours worked and job intensity).  Consultants (Attendings) can also receive pay awards for clinical excellence.  There is no extra pay granted on a per procedure basis, and so a gynaecologist will receive the same pay whether or not he/she performs abortions.  In fact this has led to a de facto reduction in both the number of NHS abortions and the upper gestational limit above which an abortion is refused, as NHS doctors are refusing to perform late term abortions in most cases.  In fact the number of doctors in the UK performing abortions in the NHS is declining in absolute terms (forcing the NHS to contract out to private providers)

::::::: These private providers employ UK registered consultants and registrars (senior residents) to perform abortions, many of whom do also work in the NHS, and these doctors will be paid according to the number of procedures, so do profit from abortion.  Currently in the UK it is an approximate 50:50 split between private and NHS abortions (though the only internet source I could find states 60:40 private:NHS) - which is approximately 40,000 abortions performed annually with no abortionist profiting from the procedure

::::::: These private providers employ UK registered consultants and registrars (senior residents) to perform abortions, many of whom do also work in the NHS, and these doctors will be paid according to the number of procedures, so do profit from abortion.  Currently in the UK it is an approximate 50:50 split between private and NHS abortions (though the only internet source I could find states 60:40 private:NHS) - which is approximately 80,000 abortions performed annually with no abortionist profiting from the procedure

:::::::[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/1973805/NHS-doctors-refuse-late-abortions.html NHS doctors refuse late abortions]

:::::::[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/1973805/NHS-doctors-refuse-late-abortions.html NHS doctors refuse late abortions]