Doctors' refusal to work overtime is the issue, its chief executive warns.
A major NHS trust could lose the equivalent of 60 consultants because of doctors' refusal to work overtime, its chief executive fears.
Currently the loss at University Hospitals Birmingham, which employs 12,000 consultants, is equivalent to the work of 10 full-time consultants. The trust fears that could rise to around 60 within 18 months to two years.He told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme:"We are seeing the problem escalating pretty much daily and weekly.
Healthwatch Birmingham, which represents local patients, told the BBC short-notice cancellations were a concern among patients of the trust.One consultant said that she was foregoing some payments so she could cover much-needed shifts without incurring a large tax bill.
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