Locums, get together to refuse cheap jobs!!!

[hos_vil]

Rates are going down sharply plus you ll have to travel with no mileage pay. Please be aware!!!! They are looking to offer something around £19 p/h from 2012 according to one of the biggest multiples!!

[Asterix]

has this been confirmed and which region

[johnep]

Natural supply and demand economics.
johnep

[hos_vil]

in SW, S, London areas. not confirmed but next year this time it will be around that rate.

[shaunyh1]

These are the same area's that the majority of locums book direct so they have no bargaining power. Join a good, reputable agency and overnight you have bargaining power!

Booking direct may seem like a good idea in the short term but in the long term is to blame for the reduction in rates. Can you imagine doctors booking direct?

[andrew paxton]

Superdrug's national rates are £21 weekdays and £24 Saturdays from January 1st

[gmorris291]

Superdrug's national rates are £21 weekdays and £24 Saturdays from January 1st

Do they pay any travelling expenses considering the escalating costs of motoring and car parking?

[andrew paxton]

Yes, mileage at 30p less 40 miles in a round trip. Not as good as Boots and Rowlands, but better than Asda

[gmorris291]

Yes, mileage at 30p less 40 miles in a round trip. Not as good as Boots and Rowlands, but better than Asda

That is a scrooge like rate. It goes nowhere towards the real cost of running a vehicle. I am retired, thank goodness, but the rates you are telling me are terrible compared to what I used to pay good locums nearly ten years ago! Locums have to run a car on a business footing to be able to serve those who need locum cover. They don't have any of the benefits of working full time for a company, such as holiday pay, payment during illness etc. I'm amazed at how poorly you seem to be paid in general for what is a very responsible and stressful task.

[culchie82]

Remember locum rates have only stagnated over these last few years, so with inflation you are effectively poorer. Before long it will be an employers paradise, and sub £20 will be the order of the day for most areas. Could it go as low as £15 per hour, who knows!
Just look to NI to see what over supply does to locum rates, even though the rates were nothing spectacular to begin with.