Hundreds of trainee GPs facing hardship as outsourcing firm fails to pay

Exclusive: Payment delays by Capita leave some trainees unable to cover mortgages and forced to ask for emergency funds

Hundreds of trainee GPs have not received their salaries from the outsourcing company responsible for paying them, forcing some to turn to charities for emergency funds.

Some GPs have been unable to cover their mortgages because of the delays by Capita, which holds a contract to administer training grants for GPs through a body called Primary Care Services England.

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Continue reading... November 03, 2017 at 12:48AM