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| Help plea for junior doctor costs | Help plea for junior doctor costs |
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| Doctors' leaders have criticised the NHS for not providing travel and relocation expenses to new trainees. | Doctors' leaders have criticised the NHS for not providing travel and relocation expenses to new trainees. |
| Most junior doctors get expenses but those in the first two years of their NHS careers will not. | Most junior doctors get expenses but those in the first two years of their NHS careers will not. |
| The British Medical Association (BMA) said hundreds of Scotland's most junior doctors had been changing jobs as part of their two-year training programme. | |
| The BMA said those juniors now faced high expense in order to complete their training. | The BMA said those juniors now faced high expense in order to complete their training. |
| During the two-year foundation training programme, many juniors are employed on short-term contracts of four to six months at a time. | During the two-year foundation training programme, many juniors are employed on short-term contracts of four to six months at a time. |
| All of Scotland's junior doctors deserve a fair deal Dr Alan RobertsonBMA Scotland | All of Scotland's junior doctors deserve a fair deal Dr Alan RobertsonBMA Scotland |
| The BMA said these jobs could have a wide geographical spread across Scotland and many doctors therefore needed to relocate themselves and their families, or face high travel costs at their own expense. | The BMA said these jobs could have a wide geographical spread across Scotland and many doctors therefore needed to relocate themselves and their families, or face high travel costs at their own expense. |
| But because they have been employed on short-term contracts, for each rotation of their training, these doctors are not entitled to reclaim the costs of these expenses for the two-year period. | But because they have been employed on short-term contracts, for each rotation of their training, these doctors are not entitled to reclaim the costs of these expenses for the two-year period. |
| The BMA said this significant debt level could make medicine an increasingly unattractive career path, especially for those from lower socio-economic groups. | The BMA said this significant debt level could make medicine an increasingly unattractive career path, especially for those from lower socio-economic groups. |
| Junior doctors are also no longer entitled to free hospital accommodation in their first year after leaving medical school. | Junior doctors are also no longer entitled to free hospital accommodation in their first year after leaving medical school. |
| Dr Alan Robertson, chair of the BMA's Scottish junior doctors committee, said: "All of Scotland's junior doctors deserve a fair deal and I call on NHS employers to reinstate free hospital accommodation for FHO1 doctors and extend travel and relocation expenses to cover all junior doctors. | Dr Alan Robertson, chair of the BMA's Scottish junior doctors committee, said: "All of Scotland's junior doctors deserve a fair deal and I call on NHS employers to reinstate free hospital accommodation for FHO1 doctors and extend travel and relocation expenses to cover all junior doctors. |
| "If they fail to do so, the Scottish Government must compensate doctors for these additional costs." | "If they fail to do so, the Scottish Government must compensate doctors for these additional costs." |