§ Dr. HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what will be the hourly rate of pay for house officers working in hospitals on 31 December 1999 and 1 January 2000. [88066]
§ Mr. DenhamThose staff who are required by roster to work in hospitals on 31 December 1999 and 1 January 2000 will receive their normal rate of pay: 100 per cent. for their standard hours, and payments for additional duty hours at the rate appropriate to their working pattern. Doctors rostered for duty on either of these two bank holidays will also receive time off in lieu.
The payment of additional duty hours (ADHs) for a 72 hour week adds an extra 40 per cent. to the basic salary of a junior doctor, enhancing the basic salary from £16,710 for a first year house officer to £23,394 when ADHs are included.
Pay for first year house officers expressed as an hourly rate is £8.04 for each standard hour of duty. A class 1 (full shift) additional duty hour (ADH) will be paid at £8.04; a class 2 (partial shift) ADH will be paid at £5.63; and a class 3 (on-call) ADH will be paid at £4.02. Doctors in more senior training grades will receive higher pay rates according to their incremental point: for example, a specialist registrar on the fourth point of scale would receive ADHs at the hourly rate of £12.90, £9.63 and £6.45 respectively. The basic salary scale for an SpR is from £23,300 to £33,965. When ADH rates are included the total salary payable ranges from £32,617 to £45,571. For senior house officers the basic salary scale is from £20,845 to £27,845 and, including ADHs, the total salary payable ranges from £29,176 to £38,993