On Tuesday, junior doctors took part in a 24-hour walk out to protest the new proposed contract which would see a 11% rise in basic pay, but be offset by a reduction in payments for unsociable hours. On top of this, there’s big concerns over the creation of seven-day services and overworking.
After The Sun ran a piece last weekend about ‘Moet Medics’, accusing junior doctors of living the high life, they took to Twitter to shut down the suggestion that they’re loaded, using the hashtag #smearthedocs with amazing results.
But how much do doctors really get paid for being on call? Last year, NHS doctor Karan Kapoor posted a picture of his payslip on Facebook to show how little his ‘on call’ supplement pay is.
He worked out that he receives £313.54 for being on call every month, which adds approximately 120 hours on to his normal working week. Shockingly, this works out at £2.61 per hour, ‘significantly less than the minimum wage, let alone the living wage’.
Dear Jeremy Hunt MP, I am a newly appointed NHS Consultant and receive £313.54 for my on call supplement per month. My...
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The next strike is set to be a 48-hour walk out on Tuesday 26 January, followed by an all-out strike on Wednesday 10 February, during which there will be no emergency care cover provided.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.