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  • I used to work at Whittington hospital in N19, Doctors locum rates were harmonised across North London, to stop the "You only pay X, I can get Y somewhere else"
    IIRC the rates were set based on average rates for the grade, so not necessarily higher than salary rates (not worth quitting a full time job with sick pay and full annual leave rights for)

    Nursing is generally the same as their substantive rates, so also not worth doing instead of a permeant role.

    Agency rates can be much higher but hospitals generally only use these in a dire staffing emergency and need lots of sign offs.

  • not worth quitting a full time job with sick pay and full annual leave rights for

    I suppose this is the rub. The Dr I discussed it with was trying to get out of a punishing on-call schedule in an understaffed unit, which was what made locum-ing more palatable.

  • Oh yeah, they are all over worked and underpaid (even if earning a solid 6 figure salary)

    Thank goodness we clapped our hands for them!

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