Top doctors in England want at least three times their normal pay to cover for their junior counterparts when they strike later this month, it has been reported. According to the BBC, the British Medical Association (BMA) is advising its members to ask for as much as £262 an hour to cover night shifts in the absence of junior doctors.
Junior doctors are set to walk out for three days between March 13 and 16 in a dispute over pay. The BBC said that the demands for extra pay to cover shifts during the strike had been called "unreasonable" by NHS chiefs.
The report said that the BMS was recommending that its members ask for £158 an hour to cover day shifts. It reasoned that pay should be more for work outside of normal contracts.
