Hi all
Can I suggest if you provide an on-call service you work out whether you would be better off under your current or AFC arrangements for payments. The reason being according to the final agreement and staff terms and conditions handbook on the DOH website staff groups will get a choice which arrangements to use and these will take effect from October 2004. Here we would gain substantially from the AFC arrangements but unfortunately our local union reps have made an agreement with human resources not to implement the AFC on-call arrangements (without consulting those that actually do on-call). This agreement will last until the review of unsocial hours and on-call is complete which could take 4 years. According to our AFC project manager all the other trusts in our region are doing the same.
If you will be better off under AFC arrangements contact your local union rep and make sure they make no such agreement if they have not already done so.
