{"id":290315,"date":"2023-04-10T15:28:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T15:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/junior-doctors-urged-to-pick-up-lucrative-locum-shifts-by-union-2\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T15:28:44","slug":"junior-doctors-urged-to-pick-up-lucrative-locum-shifts-by-union-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/junior-doctors-urged-to-pick-up-lucrative-locum-shifts-by-union-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior doctors urged to pick up lucrative locum shifts by union"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Junior doctors urged to pick up lucrative locum shifts by union to make back their lost salary as NHS tries to recover from chaos caused by 96-hour strike<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Locum shifts cost the taxpayer \u00a33billion last year and are a popular option\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The BMA is telling its 45,000 junior members to\u00a0&#8216;plan extra locum shifts now&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By Izzy Lyons<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  04:05 EDT, 10 April 2023  <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <\/p>\n<p><!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;-->  &lt;!&#8211; <!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;-->  &lt;!&#8211;<!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;-->   &lt;!&#8211;<!--[if gte IE 8]&gt;&gt;-->  &lt;!&#8211;  <!--[if IE 8]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if IE 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if !IE]&gt; -->  &lt;!&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at\n    http:\/\/www.omniture.com -->  <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. -->  <!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>  (function (src, d, tag){<br \/>\n    var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0];<br \/>\n    s.src = src;<br \/>\n    prev.parentNode.insertBefore(s, prev);<br \/>\n    }(&#8220;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/async_bundle&#8211;.js&#8221;, document, &#8220;script&#8221;));<br \/>\n <!--[if !IE]&gt; -->   &lt;!&#8211;<!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>    DM.loadCSS(&#8220;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/gunther-2159\/video_bundle&#8211;.css&#8221;);<\/p>\n<p> <!--[if !IE]&gt; -->    &lt;!&#8211;    <!-- CWV --><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Junior doctors are being encouraged by their union to pick up lucrative locum shifts after this week&#8217;s 96-hour strike action when hospitals will be in chaos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The British Medical Association has advised junior doctors to make back the salary they will lose from striking and &#8216;plan extra locum shifts now&#8217; for &#8216;just before and after the strike days when there will be plenty of work to do&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Locum shifts, which cost the taxpayer \u00a33billion last year, are an increasingly popular option for NHS<\/a> bosses to plug rota gaps in hospitals across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last year, the Mail revealed that junior doctors are leaving NHS staff jobs in droves for locum work and earning \u2013 in some cases \u2013 up to \u00a317,000-a-month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In an online guide for activists, the BMA is telling its 45,000 junior members: &#8216;Employers will offer locum shifts for the strike days. If you can, we suggest you do not cover these days as it could undermine the action.<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-667d6ec6b047f68\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/04\/09\/23\/69650891-11955263-image-a-22_1681078225927.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The British Medical Association has advised junior doctors to make back the salary they will lose from striking. Pictured:\u00a0Striking junior doctors at Homerton Hospital in Hackney on March 14\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-667d6ec6b047f68\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/04\/09\/23\/69650891-11955263-image-a-22_1681078225927.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The British Medical Association has advised junior doctors to make back the salary they will lose from striking. Pictured:\u00a0Striking junior doctors at Homerton Hospital in Hackney on March 14\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The British Medical Association has advised junior doctors to make back the salary they will lose from striking. Pictured:\u00a0Striking junior doctors at Homerton Hospital in Hackney on March 14<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-adef052213271d8a\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/04\/09\/23\/69650923-11955263-image-a-23_1681078269809.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Locum shifts, which cost the taxpayer \u00a33billion last year, are an increasingly popular option for NHS bosses to plug rota gaps in hospitals across the country\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-adef052213271d8a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/04\/09\/23\/69650923-11955263-image-a-23_1681078269809.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Locum shifts, which cost the taxpayer \u00a33billion last year, are an increasingly popular option for NHS bosses to plug rota gaps in hospitals across the country\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Locum shifts, which cost the taxpayer \u00a33billion last year, are an increasingly popular option for NHS bosses to plug rota gaps in hospitals across the country<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Instead plan locum shifts elsewhere in the month and perhaps just before and after the strike days when there will be plenty of work to do.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Tory MP Sir John Hayes said: &#8216;It would be completely unacceptable to take time off to strike and then make the money up later by locuming. That&#8217;s poor advice and the BMA is being irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Locums play an important part in the service but it shouldn&#8217;t compensate those who have been on strike. I think most doctors would acknowledge that the money should be put into patient care.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A spokesman for the BMA said: &#8216;Junior doctors lose pay when they take industrial action so taking on additional shifts is a way that they can make up for some of these losses.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The BMA is also providing a minimum hourly &#8216;rate card&#8217; for junior doctors, with rates ranging from \u00a362 per hour up to \u00a3154 per hour based on experience and shift.<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Comments <span class=\"readerCommentsCount\">116<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\n\t    Share what you think\n          <\/p>\n<ul id=\"rc-tabs\" class=\"js-links dm-tabs cnr5 cleared\">\n<li class=\"dm-tab dm-tab-on bdrgr5 cnr-bdr wogr5 link-wox js-active\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Newest<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Oldest<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Best rated<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox last\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Worst rated<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The comments below have not been moderated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bold pad5 wogr5 rc-info\">\n      The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.\n    <\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"newcomment\" name=\"newcomment\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <span>Close<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-title\">Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?<\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-subtitle\">Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <span>Close<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-title\">Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?<\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-subtitle\">Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual<\/p>\n<p>  We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. 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