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“Unfairness” of locums’ higher pay must be tackled, says NHS chief

BMJ 2017; 356 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j502 (Published 27 January 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:j502
  1. Gareth Iacobucci
  1. The BMJ

The NHS must work harder to balance doctors’ desire for flexible working with the “intrinsic unfairness” of locum doctors earning substantially higher rates of pay than their staff colleagues, the head of NHS England has told The BMJ.

Simon Stevens said that although he was not advocating “complete rigidity” of working practices, he was concerned that the NHS workforce had become too “casualised,” akin to the app based taxi firm Uber.

The NHS introduced a cap on locum …

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