Supply and demand will apply, but there's both a massive internal backlog (at least in the UK) as well as a massive backlog internationally. Globally, the popul

Supply and demand will apply, but there's both a massive internal backlog (at least in the UK) as well as a massive backlog internationally. Globally, the population is still growing so the demand for essential medical treatment is only going to increase for the immediately foreseeable future. And that's just essential treatment. Rightly or wrongly, demand for non-essential treatment like cosmetic surgery and probably, as technology marches onwards, performance enhancing surgery is only increasing. For example, if we created enhanced ligaments that perform better than natural ones, it's not a stretch to imagine competitive athletes having surgery to replace them. I don't think wage protection is a valid reason not to be training surgeons who have the aptitude to do it.