Junior doctors still await rotas just days before changeover

Wednesday 3 August marks the changeover date for foundation trainees, yet with less than a week to go some junior doctors have told The BMJ that they remain in limbo without a rota for their next placement.Junior doctors are contractually entitled to receive details of their rota and employment within an agreed set of timelines. In Scotland the normal period of notice for rotas of six weeks has been reduced to four weeks for this August only, justified as being due to current pressures on the system. The four week timeline means that trainees should have had rotas by Wednesday 6 July, but despite this some doctors remain without rotas.Lailah Peel, chair of the BMA Scotland’s Junior Doctors Committee, said, “With changeover less than a week away, it’s completely unacceptable that some junior doctors in Scotland have only just received their rota or are still waiting for it. These delays…
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