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Hospitals must impose junior contract or risk funding, HEE warns
Pulse has reported that, as part of a letter to hospital bosses, Health Education England (HEE) has warned that implementation of the national contract will be a ‘key criterion’ when deciding on training post ‘investment’, suggesting those that delay the measure could lose funding.
The warning comes as a number of foundation chief executives have considered delaying the imposition of the contract, to negotiate their own terms with junior doctors. The British Medical Association (BMA) has also urged meetings between junior doctors and hospital employers.
In the letter, HEE chief executive Professor Ian Cumming, stated: “We are not prepared to see a system where a competition based on a local employer’s ability to offer different terms is part of the recruitment process.
“The recruitment process should be based on patient and service need and quality of training as it always has been. Therefore implementation of the national contract will be a key criterion for HEE in making its decisions on our investment in training posts."
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