The Department, HPSS Employers and the BMA have recently reached agreement on the proposed new contract for Consultants within the HPSS. Since this agreement the BMA have balloted their Consultant and Specialist Registrar (SpR) membership over the proposed contract on offer with 83% voting in favour of the new contract.

The new Consultants’ Contract is designed to provide a much more effective system of planning and timetabling consultants’ duties and activities for the HPSS. For HPSS employers, this will mean the ability to manage consultants’ time in ways that best meet local service needs and priorities. For consultants’, it will mean greater transparency about the commitments expected of them by the HPSS and greater clarity over the support that they need from employers to make maximum effective contribution to improving patient services. You can view a copy of the Consultant Contract Framework Agreement  (PDF 182 KB) here.

Ongoing meeting between the Department, HPSS employers and the BMA have resulted in agreement being reached on several documents with further work underway.

The Department remains committed to reform within the Consultant Workforce, and has undertaken work in the following areas: