Article: TOP DOCS SPLIT ON PAY DEAL; Scots and English divided on 20% offer.(News)

Article: Reid U-turn on pay deal negotiations for NHS ...
The Scotsman;  June 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... longstanding struggle for a better pay deal as John Reid, the new Health Secretary ... he is prepared to "tweak" the pay deal offered to NHS consultant doctors ... defend their right to carry out private work, rather than be full-time NHS ...

Article: BMA split as Scots vote for pay deal
The Scotsman;  November 1, 2002 ;     502 words ... ... voted by 59 per cent to accept the pay deal offered by the government. The ... the BMA postal ballot showed the pay deal being rejected by English consultants ... consultants agreeing to do less private work and giving the NHS first say over ...

Article: Doctors' pay deal hints at Scottish agreement
The Scotsman;  July 18, 2003 ;     491 words ... ... yesterday reached an agreement with the government on a new pay deal, ending a stalemate over talks. The agreement, reached ... also argued over restrictions to their right to carry out private work, which is not so great an issue in Scotland. The British ...

Article: TOP DOCS' CONTRACT CARVE-UP; Britain split on pay ...
The Mirror (London, England);  November 1, 2002 ;     439 words ... ... doctors have split with their English colleagues over a new pay deal. More than half of Scots hospital consultants voted to back ... cent wage rise in return for giving the NHS priority over private work. But medics in England and Wales, who do more for private ...

Article: NHS pay deal 'may not benefit care of patients'
Yorkshire Post;  October 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... maximum 40-hour week but be restricted in the amount of private work they undertake. Yesterday the British Medical Association ... in. The BMA also negotiated other improvements concerning private work outside the NHS and pay. Dr Malikmyal Alexander, secretary ...

Article: Doctors back 20pc pay deal after Reid retreat.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... The rise will make the salary range [pounds sterling]65,000 to [pounds sterling]88,000 - plus income from any private work. 'This is a much improved contract to the one offered last year and I am pleased to see that most of my consultant and ...

Article: Scots doctors press ahead with pay deal.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... follows a UK-wide ballot on a new contract for NHS consultants, which offered more pay in return for carrying out less private work and undertaking more NHS weekend and evening shifts. The deal was rejected by doctors in England but accepted by their Scots ...