We have received information that our proposal for on-call allowances have been approved. Unfortunately this does not include the Accident & Emergency & ICU doctors due to the fact that they operate on a shift system. According to a reliable resource, the department concerns are coming up with a new proposal to compensate for their work and it may come as some special critical care allowance.
As for the rest of the medical personel who are on full 24 hour rota system and are resident (i.e. on-site during on-calls), they should be entitled to claim for on-call allowances soon. For those who are non-resident on-calls, (this includes the specialists) they will only get paid when they come in to hospital during on-call period. This means after office hours and weekends only. The ministry is currently working out a system where this can be implemented and monitored easily and not be abused by others.
We have not received any confirmation as to the rates of the oncall allowances yet, but we hope the implementation of this system will not be to long ahead. Something to look forward to..
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