ࡱ> =?<5@ 7bjbj22 *,XX5 lllllllH H H 8 D  1333333$VRWl Wll l l l 1 1 ( :_llU ˳0H S  T0'.(] l(Ullll(lU "   2 WW BMA Professional Fees Committee Guidance for negotiating fees for Locum services in General Practice December 2006 In the past the BMA published a range of suggested fees for locums, but in 1999 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) advised that publication of these fees was anti-competitive in the context of the Competition Act 1998. As a result the fee guidance, which had been published as Fee Guidance Schedule (FGS) 12, Fees for GP Non-principals, was withdrawn and guidance issued to BMA staff that no advice could be given to members on suggested fees for sessional GPs. The publication of a range of fees or even a minimum or maximum level of fees is considered anti-competitive by the OFT, and those who participate in price fixing can be fined up to ten per cent of their UK turnover for up to three years. The BMAs policy is to maintain full compliance with the advice provided by the OFT in 1999. The BMA Professional Fees Committee has agreed that clear guidance, compatible with competition law, should be made available to sessional GPs on how to calculate and negotiate their own rate for each job. The Committee established an informal Locums Working Group to review the information and good practice guidance available. The Working Group held a series of meetings and drafted a guidance document as well as a locum calculator document. The purpose of the locum calculator document is to provide a helpful checklist in spreadsheet form to allow doctors to calculate their own sessional fee rates. The membership of the Working Group comprised the following: a) Chairman, who was a member of the Professional Fees Committee (PFC) but not a GP; b) One representative from the National Association of Sessional GPs (formerly known as the National Association of Non-principals); c) One representative from the GPC Non-Principals Subcommittee; d) Two representatives from GPC who are also members of the PFC. The attached guidance document and calculator document (as drafted by the Working Group) has been approved by the BMA Professional Fees Committee and also the NASGP. It has been subject to careful legal scrutiny by the BMAs lawyers to ensure compliance with competition law. The guidance document includes references to car and home expenses as office expenses. This and other accountancy related advice has been subject to careful scrutiny by specialist medial accountants. This guidance has been produced to support all parties involved in negotiating for GP locum services. The advice has been developed by the BMA Professional Fees Committee in consultation with the General Practitioner's Committee (GPC), the GPC Sessional GPs Subcommittee and the NASGP. These notes have been prepared solely for the use of providing background explanatory information on the document Guidance for negotiating fees for Locum services in General Practice and also the locum calculator document. Please note that the advice must not be considered as providing any guide to the level of fees that may be set by sessional GPs. Competition Law is complex and anyone with a Competition Law enquiry must seek appropriate legal advice. 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