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MATTERS/TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
All GPs and Registrars
are regulated by a dearly loved document called “The Red Book” a copy of
which will be available within your practice. This Government speak document
provides the answers to all of your queries but not in a very user-friendly
format. What follows, I hope is a remedy. Under the new GMS Contract these
regulations may change.
Sick leave
Removal expenses
Rent reimbursement
Telephone
Maternity Leave
Defence organisation fees
Terms of employment
Travel expenses
(Contact Jan Coggins at The Primary Care Support
Agency, Kings square House, King Square, Bristol, BS2 8EE or 0117 - 9002462 if you need more information.)
SICK LEAVE
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Up to two weeks sickness: normal
pay: no extension of training period.
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More than two weeks sickness: normal
salary for up to three months but no car allowance (or training allowance to
trainer!). Training period may have to be extended.
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After three months: salary is at the
discretion of the Secretary of State.
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It is up to your trainer to tell The
Primary Care Support Agency if you are off sick.
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You are strongly advised to register
with a GP - but not with your training practice.
REMOVAL EXPENSES
If you have to move house when you
become a GP registrar, you may get payment of some expenses. The rules
are the same as for hospital doctors but the payment is made by The Primary
Care Support Agency.
If you have to start paying rent on
a property near your training practice before you start your traineeship and
if you are still paying rent on an existing property, The Primary Care
Support Agency may help with the ‘continuing commitment allowance’. If
the rent for your new property exceeds the rent for your previous
accommodation, you may be able to claim excess rent allowance from The
Primary Care Support Agency.
If you are required by your training
Partnership to stay in the area of the Practice, The Primary Care Support
Agency may reimburse any rent payable
You may be reimbursed for the
following costs:-
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The installation cost of a telephone at your home
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Your telephone rental
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The cost of installing an extension in your bedroom if you are on
call from home.
Applying
for priority repairs on your telephone
Claim
form for telephone expenses
Payments for maternity leave depend
on:
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Being employed continuously by the NHS for the previous 12 months
when you reach 29 weeks. (But a gap of up to 3 months is disregarded).
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Being employed by the trainer at the start of the 29th week.
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Giving a minimum of 21 days of your intention to take maternity
leave.
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Giving a certificate to the trainer of expected date of delivery.
DEFENCE
ORGANISATION FEES
A proportion of Professional Defence Organisation
Fees can actually be reimbursed by The Primary Care Support Agency via your
practice.
Conditions of
this reimbursement.
Claim form
TERMS
OF EMPLOYMENT
Copies of the documents
which are normally sent to your practice are included just so that you can
have a look and see that Certificates such as the Annual Registration
Certificate from the GMC and the Defence Organisation Certificate will be
required – originals not copies will only be accepted.
Sample
Contract
Advice (if member) :
www.bma.org.uk
TRAVEL EXPENSES
Currently you are entitled to £220 per year for
travel and subsistence expenses.
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