To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a comparative assessment
of the level of proposed weekend pay under the new junior doctors' contract with weekend
pay for (a) prison officers, (b) fire fighters, (c) police officers, (d) call centre
workers, (e) consultants and (f) nurses, midwives and physios.
<p>Junior doctors already work weekends, and they will continue to be fairly rewarded
for work undertaken at the weekend using the weekend allowance proposed by the British
Medical Association negotiators. Comparative rates are set out in the <ins class="ministerial">attached</ins>
table<del class="ministerial"> below</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Because of the allowance
based approach to weekend working, the effective hourly rate juniors are paid will
vary depending on how many hours they work over how many weekends. In almost all cases
junior doctors will receive weekend pay better than other National Health Service
professional staff.</p><p> </p><p>A typical rota for a junior doctor involves an average
of 6.5 hours a week being worked at weekends. (i.e. they work two long shifts of 13
hours every four weekends). This is split evenly over Saturdays and Sundays and includes
night work.</p><p> </p><p>For working those weekend hours the percentage hourly supplement
across all the hours worked for different groups of NHS staff would be</p><p>- 66%
for a junior doctor (37% for night work plus an additional 7.5% weekend allowance
set as a percentage of basic pay)</p><p>- 56% for a band 3 Health Care Assistant (37%
for Saturday, 74% for Sunday)</p><p>- 45% for a nurse (30% for Saturday, 60% for Sunday)</p><p>-
33% for a consultant</p><p> </p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Payment</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Junior doctors</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Weekend
night shifts ending by 10am. Time plus 37%. Weekend allowance - + 10% 1in2 - + 7.5%
- + 6% - + 4% - + 3% - No allowance</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Consultants</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">4hour Programmed Activity is reduced to 3 hours, effectively Time
+ 33%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nurses</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Time + 30% Saturday time +60% Sunday</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Prison officers *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Time
+ 17%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Firefighters
*</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Shift duty covers shifts 24 hours,
7 days. No premia</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Police Officers
*</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Time plus 10% for nights only (8pm-6am)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Call centre workers *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Between
Time + 5% and Time + 40%</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">*Income
Data Services study</del></p>
