APPENDIX
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT DDRB'S RECOMMENDATION
ON VOLUME AND INTENSITY OF CONSULTANT WORKLOAD FOR APRIL 2000
AND CONSULTANTS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
This letter explains the latest position in
the negotiations with the BMA's Central Consultants and Specialists
Committee about the allocation of funds to implement DDRB's recommendation
on volume and intensity of consultant workload for April 2000
and a new contract for consultants.
We have reached a common position on the allocation
of the funds recommended by DDRB earlier this year from 2000-01
onwards to reward individual consultants for the increases in
workload, contribution to the NHS and intensity of work. The Health
Departments and the CCSC have agreed to introduce new payments
from April 2000 to recognise work intensity. We have also agreed
to enhance and extend the existing discretionary points scheme
with effect from April 2000. We estimate that this will put about
£37.5 million into intensity pay and £6 million recurring
into discretionary points in Great Britain.
We invite the Review Body to endorse these arrangements
in its recommendations for April 2000. The joint progress report
attached at Annex A sets out the points which have been agreed
in principle on the new consultant contract, to be developed further
in negotiations over the next few months. It is anticipated that
these changes will take effect from April 2001.
2 December 1999
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