The Experience of Collective Bargaining for Salaried Senior Doctors Under the Employment Contracts Act

Abstract

Salaried senior doctors (also known as senior medical officers) employed by the 14 area health boards (subsequently replaced on 1 July 1993 by 23 crowm health enterprises) have had to adapt to three different industrial legislative environments since the Labour Governments 1988 state sector restructuring, two of which (the focus of this paper) were under the Employment Contracts Act.