>Relevent para from 'Gold Book'
>Section 13 Seniority payments
>
>Service that is Reckonable Service
>13.3 Work shall be counted as Reckonable Service if-
>(a) it is clinical service as a doctor within the NHS or service as a doctor
>in the health care system of another EEA Member State;
>(b) it is clinical service as a doctor or service as a medical officer
>within
>the prison service or the civil administration (which includes the Home
>Civil Service) of the United Kingdom, or within the prison service or
>the civil administration of another EEA Member State;
>(c) it is service as a medical officer-
>(i) in the armed forces of an EEA Member State (including the
>United Kingdom) or providing clinical services to those forces
>in a civilian capacity, or
>(ii) in the armed forces under the Crown other than the United
>Kingdom armed forces or providing clinical services to those
>forces in a civilian capacity,
>if accepted by the PCT or endorsed by the Secretary of State for Health
>as Reckonable Service;
>(d) it is service with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a medical
>officer in a diplomatic mission abroad, if accepted by the PCT or
>endorsed by the Secretary of State for Health as Reckonable Service;
>or
>(e) it is clinical service outside the United Kingdom that, prior to 1st
>April
>2004, was counted as Reckonable Service for the purposes of a
>seniority payment under the Red Book.

Re 13.3 cii and e,

As far as I understood (and I thought the MoD had been warning people about
this for some years now) service where families are not cared for might not
count.

Time spent in staff jobs, occ health screening jobs or other special roles
can also cause problems.  However I'd also believed the new contract was
going to be more relaxed about all of this, indeed helpful.

I guess this depends on interpretation and perhaps this does indeed need to
be tested.

Julian