Friday 19 April 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_6456
Date Request Received: 01/02/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 03/03/2022 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Staff pay rate
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Please could you advise me the PA rate for Consultants in Emergency Department for Out of Hours work? | |
| Answer To Question 1: The PA rate for ED Consultants is £600 for Out of Hours work performed and £400 for On-Call. | |
| Question Number 2: When was this rate agreed and in what forum? | |
| Answer To Question 2: Our Additional Duty Payments - Senior Medical Staff Policy was approved by Joint Local Negotiating Group (JLNG) and ratified by OMB in September 2018. Payment for additional activity is made as follows: • For additional work carried out within non-premium time when the doctor would be otherwise doing SPA activity: £400 per 4 hour session • For additional work carried out in premium time, or when a doctor is not otherwise contracted to work for the Trust: £600 for a four hour session | |
| Question Number 3: Why was this rate agreed and are notes of this meeting available? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see attached the extract from the minutes of the JNG meeting that relates to the Additional duty payment policy. The rate was not reviewed in 2018, it remains the same as it was when the policy was written in 2015. We hold no further information about this decision. To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below:  Extract from JLNG Minutes 30 April 2018.docx | |
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