FOI230070: British Medical Association Junior Doctors strike – use of BMA pay rate card

Released 25 May 2023

Request:

The questions relate to how much the trust paid consultants during recent industrial action by junior doctors and whether the paid rates in line with the BMA’s ‘rate card’.

Please answer the following questions in the Excel sheet provided:  

1. How much did the trust spend (£) in total on paying for consultants to carry out non-contractual shifts, or paying for consultants to act down during contractual shifts, required to cover junior doctors’ during the seven days of industrial action by junior doctors taken between 13 to 16 March, and 11 to 14 April 2023?
   Please provide a £ figure for the total.
   Please use the free text box if the trust wants to further explanation its answer.  
2. Did the trust pay the hourly rates outlined on the BMA rate card for consultants’ non-contractual work, during either of the junior doctors’ strikes in March or April? 
   Please answer Yes or No.
   Please use the free text box if the trust wants to further explanation its answer.  
3. If the trust answered “No” to question 2, what was the maximum hourly rate (£/hour) the trust paid for non-contractual shifts, or for consultants to act down during contractual shifts required to cover junior doctors’ shifts during either the March or April junior doctors’ strike?
   If you answered “yes” to question 2, please leave this answer blank.
   Please use the free text box if the trust wants to further explanation its answer.  
4. Did the trust pay the hourly rates outlined on the BMA rate card for consultants’ non-contractual shifts as of April 2023?
   Please answer Yes or No.
   Please use the free text box if the trust wants to further explanation its answer.  
5. If the trust answered “No” to question 4, what is the maximum hourly rate (£/hour) the trust paid consultants for non-contractual shifts as of April 2023?
   If the trust answered “yes” to question 4, please leave this answer blank.
   Please use the free text box if the trust wants to further explanation its answer. 

If FOI requests of a similar nature have already been asked could you please include your responses to those requests.

Information disclosed:

Please find attached the completed spreadsheet you provided for our response.

Please also find attached information provided in response to two other FOI requests received on this subject as per your request.

Attachments:

Rate card – BMA Industrial action – FOI230070 (75kB pdf)

FOI requests – FOI230066 and FOI230085 (73kB pdf)