BMA calls for talks with London hospitals over “suppressed” pay rates for extra shifts

Doctors’ leaders in London have called for an end to “suppressed pay rates” for work done outside contracted hours.

Leaders of all 36 BMA local negotiating committees in London have written to NHS trust chief executives to say that pay rates for extra shifts in the capital are lower than in other parts of the country. As a result they do not attract doctors to work, leaving gaps in rotas unfilled and putting …