Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
The Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration was appointed in July 1971. The forthcoming review will be conducted under the terms of reference introduced in 1998, amended in 2003 and 2007, and reproduced below.
The Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration is independent. Its role is to make recommendations to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Health, the First Minister and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing of the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister and the Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Assembly Government and the First Minister, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety of the Northern Ireland Executive on the remuneration of doctors and dentists taking any part in the National Health Service.
In reaching its recommendations, the Review Body is to have regard to the following considerations:
the need to recruit, retain and motivate doctors and dentists;
regional/local variations in labour markets and their effects on the recruitment and retention of doctors and dentists;
the funds available to the Health Departments as set out in the Government's Departmental Expenditure Limits;
the Government's inflation target;
the overall strategy that the NHS should place patients at the heart of all it does and the mechanisms by which that is to be achieved.
The Review Body may also be asked to consider other specific issues.
The Review Body is also required to take careful account of the economic and other evidence submitted by the Government, staff and professional representatives and others.
The Review Body should take account of the legal obligations on the NHS, including anti-discrimination legislation regarding age, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and belief and disability.
Reports and recommendations should be submitted jointly to the Secretary of State for Health, the First Minister and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing of the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister and the Minister for Health and Social Services of the Welsh Assembly Government, the First Minister, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety of the Northern Ireland Executive and the Prime Minister.
For details of the Review Body Members, click here.
The DDRB is registered with the Information Commissioner as a data controller. Its registration number is Z5900237.
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For any enquiries, please contact:
Cliff Wilkes, Office of Manpower Economics, 6th Floor, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6SW.
Tel: 020 7215 8407 Fax: 020 7215 4445 Email:cliff.wilkes@bis.gsi.gov.uk
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