‘Shocking’: Unpaid locum fees hit highest ever level this year

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) fought employers to secure over £100,000 in unpaid locum fees by October this year, the largest annual amount of locum “wage theft” ever, it has said. 

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“This is the most we have ever had to help collect in a single year and we’ve still got two months left to go"
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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