Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33238

Surgery: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Dr Peter Prinsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise surgeons to work in areas with high waiting lists for elective procedures.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Within the terms and conditions of employment for consultants in England, there is the facility for employers to apply a local recruitment premium in addition to the base salary, time-limited for a maximum of four years. This can be used in circumstances ...

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