Doctors call for late rota penalties and for “consultant” to be protected title

NHS organisations should face penalties for late rotasThe BMA should negotiate an update to all doctors’ terms and conditions to include a provision that means employers would incur a penalty of one day’s pay or annual leave for “every day beyond a reasonable rota issuance deadline (six weeks prior to commencing a post),” after representatives passed a motion that “employers must be held liable for any financial loss, missed educational opportunities, or loss of annual leave as a result of miscommunication on their part.” Mahmoud Shehab, who proposed the motion, said, “Not only does this motion empower doctors, it also gives parity between doctors and other professions.”BMA must press NHS to beat government’s net zero targetThe BMA must demand that the NHS urgently implement a “total inclusion plan for sustainability and decreases its carbon footprint faster than the government’s aim of net zero by 2050,” said another motion passed at…
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