Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
£1,700-a-shift doctors: They're quitting full-time jobs to take well-paid posts as locums
What's a locum Dedworth ?

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

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

Oh, it goes on to say that
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 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