Internal Reference Number: FOI_7398
Date Request Received: 24/08/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/09/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Strikes and Trusts' use of the BMA rate card
Request Category: Researcher
| Question Number 1: The questions relate to how much the trust paid consultants during recent industrial action by junior doctors and whether the paid rates in line with the BMA鈥檚 鈥榬ate card鈥�. Please answer the following questions: Did the trust pay the hourly rates outlined on the BMA rate card for consultants' non-contractual work, during either of the junior doctors鈥� strikes in July or August? Please answer Yes or No. Please provide a further explanation if the trust wants to expand on the answer. | |
| Answer To Question 1: No we paid our own approved rates | |
| Question Number 2: If the trust answered 鈥淣o鈥� to question 1, what was the maximum hourly rate (拢/hour) the trust paid for non-contractual shifts, or for consultants to act down during contractual shifts required to cover junior doctors' shifts during either the July or August junior doctors鈥� strike? If you answered 鈥測es鈥� to question 1, please leave this answer blank. Please provide a further explanation if the trust wants to expand on the answer | |
| Answer To Question 2: 拢260 per hour for overnight shifts | |
| Question Number 3: Does the trust pay the hourly rates outlined on the BMA rate card for consultants' non-contractual shifts as of August 2023 for extra shifts taking on by consultants when there is not a strike on? Please answer Yes or No. Please provide a further explanation if the trust wants to expand on the answer | |
| Answer To Question 3: No we pay our own approved rates | |
| Question Number 4: If the trust answered 鈥淣o鈥� to question 3, what is the maximum hourly rate (拢/hour) the trust paid consultants for non-contractual shifts as of August 2023? If the trust answered 鈥測es鈥� to question 3, please leave this answer blank. Please provide a further explanation if the trust wants to expand on the answer | |
| Answer To Question 4: 拢150 per hour as only a few August shifts paid in August as majority will be paid in arrears (will be paid September) | |
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