FOI_7398

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’s ‘rate card’. 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’ 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 “No” to question 1, what was the maximum hourly rate (£/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’ strike? If you answered “yes” 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: £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 “No” to question 3, what is the maximum hourly rate (£/hour) the trust paid consultants for non-contractual shifts as of August 2023? If the trust answered “yes” 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: £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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