Sorry
I am not a 'consultant' earning a living in Harley St and available for the
NHS dressers to consult me 2x aweek. The NHS is my employer. We need to
negotiate a arrangement whivh meets the needs of patients within a framework
of sustainable working patterns.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Fogarty [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 09:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fixed sessions out of hours
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From: "Howarth, Paul - RCHT"
Subject: Re: Fixed sessions out of hours
> We would Consider 2:1 for evenings and 3:1 weekends
Well indeed, if only such a model existed, on a nationally agreed basis, and
hence perhaps James's original plea for information. I suppose we do get
that one extra session for antisocial hours, but I agree, it hardly
compensates for the disruption. (We work 3 "antisocial" shifts per week, on
average, so I suppose the extra session effectively gives us a 33% boost for
those sessions.)
This also ties in with the EWTD debate. I have since discovered that if you
are resident for over 25% of the on-call period (i.e. the 16-hour period
from 5pm to 9am) followed by on-call from home, then you are considered to
be resident for the whole on-call period according to the WTD. So, for
example, if you go home at midnight, the ensuing 9 hours on-call at home
will still be counted towards the WTD (I'm sorry I don't have the precise
source of that information at my fingertips but I will try to obtain it).
Anyway, if I start to add up my total hours in this manner, I fall well
outside EWTD guidelines, and this will be a useful negotiating tactic if our
new Secretary of State doesn't play ball!
> Anyone who works plain time rates outside office hours undermines the case
> to be properly paid, obviously does not have any sense of self worth and
if
> they feel the need to fulfil altruistic urges, they could always spare
time
> to to work for a charity.
And I thought that's what the NHS was all about!!
Regards
Adrian
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