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You're right about the safety issues, they're mostly resolved but there are some intricacies that could still lead to exploitation and accessing hours (abusing the on call from home rotas then always calling people in to work the full shift). There is not really a mechanism to increase the...

That's all true. And are definite progress so there is no debate over those points. What the public aren't told is that any premiums, pay rises or uplifts are just shuffling money around. There is no increase in wage budget immediately but will lead to cuts progressively over the next few...

No there isn't a 13.5% pay rise! As everybody I'd saying this us cost neutral now and money saving down the line (once senior trainees finish training and pay protection ends). 13.5% increase in basic and replacement of additional hours part of the salary (a cut of 30-40%) with an...

1 year ad a gp Registrar before completing training. Very, very few juniors that are "office hours" only. I can't think of any - even dermatology registrars do weekends on call.

You may feel that is the case for your gp but categorically does not apply to junior doctors. It is a 24/7 service for juniors that is slightly better covered during normal working hours due to outpatients and elective operations. A&E docs will usually work 1 in 2 Weekends and the equivalent...

Ok just to clarify - Junior Doctor covers everything from qualification to Consultant. Up to 15 years for some people including those with a huge amount of experience who are essentially "running" their specialty/group of specialties at evenings/nights/weekends. Pay runs from £22k to £47k...