Reforming the contract of UK consultants Commentary: To increase consultants' activity should not be the main aim
- 3 March 2001
- Vol. 322 (7285) , 541-544
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7285.541
Abstract
Current contractThe current UK pay system for hospital consultants is a fixed salary with selective bonus payments (distinction awards), which were introduced early in the existence of the NHS to reward “excellence.” UK consultants with a full time NHS contract can undertake limited private practice (with remuneration no higher than 10% of their NHS salary); those with a part time contract (including the “maximum part time” contract, in which consultants receive 10/11 of a full time salary) can undertake unlimited private practice.Footnotes Competing interests None declared.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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