* Doctors will still get paid the same overall because the basic salary will increase?
Given that such a high proportion of a doctor's salary comes from the 'banding' for unsocial hours, the government would need to increase the basic salary by a huge amount. This is unlikely to be case given the proposed options they have suggested.
* Doctors get better training?
The government have only stated that this will be the case, without actually explaining how this will happen. It actually doesn't make sense given what they've also said about this contract being cost-neutral. If no extra money is to be spent, who is going to fund this 'better training'?
* Doctors will get more fairly paid?
A contract that discriminates against doctors doing research, female doctors and doctors working part-time? A contract that makes all doctors work more for less pay? A contract where doctors who work the most anti-social hours face the biggest cuts? This contract is anything but fair.
* Doctors will get financial incentives for working in specialties or areas that lack doctors?
The government contradicts itself with this claim. The government claims that doctors aren't getting a pay cut, and that the proposed new contract is cost neutral. So, how are they going to fund these incentives?
Specialties which lack doctors are usually those with the most extreme anti-social hours (e.g. A&E), and yet it is precisely the anti-social hour payment that is being cut. So, how is that going attract more doctors into the specialty?
Given that such a high proportion of a doctor's salary comes from the 'banding' for unsocial hours, the government would need to increase the basic salary by a huge amount. This is unlikely to be case given the proposed options they have suggested.
* Doctors get better training?
The government have only stated that this will be the case, without actually explaining how this will happen. It actually doesn't make sense given what they've also said about this contract being cost-neutral. If no extra money is to be spent, who is going to fund this 'better training'?
* Doctors will get more fairly paid?
A contract that discriminates against doctors doing research, female doctors and doctors working part-time? A contract that makes all doctors work more for less pay? A contract where doctors who work the most anti-social hours face the biggest cuts? This contract is anything but fair.
* Doctors will get financial incentives for working in specialties or areas that lack doctors?
The government contradicts itself with this claim. The government claims that doctors aren't getting a pay cut, and that the proposed new contract is cost neutral. So, how are they going to fund these incentives?
Specialties which lack doctors are usually those with the most extreme anti-social hours (e.g. A&E), and yet it is precisely the anti-social hour payment that is being cut. So, how is that going attract more doctors into the specialty?