Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
What's a locum, Dedworth ?

So you're telling me an FY1 Doctor who works 16 hrs as a locum is TYPICALLY earning £1,700 per shift ?

I'll stop laughing in a bit, it's the way the Mail tells them

Oh, it goes on to say that's
A & E locum consultants can typically earn £110 an hour for a 16-hour shift, or £1,760
AN A & E CONSULTANT, not just any old doctor !

, I think if that is true that's what the agency charges the hospital, it's not what the Consultant gets

Maybe £110 an hour is the going rate. What do solicitors - or other professionals - charge an hour ?

What does the Daily Snail Editor earn, Dedworth ?... oh Dacre got paid £1.85m. Surely he is not worth the pay of 7 A & E consultants working for an agency or more than 18 who work for the NHS !

Locum work means you can't pick and choose what days and hours you work, you can only work when they need someone !

And tell me, Dedworth - why do they need to use agencies ? Maybe it's because they don't employ enough staff to cover 24/7/365 because of the Tory cut backs in funding to the NHS. Just think about how many full-time staff they could employ instead !

Reminds me of the time this gov't made a lot of UBKA case workers redundant with some nice pay offs. Then, when they realised UKBA couldn't cope, they had to employ many of them again

Maybe it is because further reform of the NHS is needed - replacement of the barmy 2004 Contracts, bonding of medical students and banning of Doctors having conflicts of interests, i.e. owning private companies that provide locums and out of hours service. I can't see the connection between what Dacre earns and NHS doctors. NHS Management fat cats' earnings maybe !