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Moore said a settlement could help establish a rate card where drivers are paid a minimum of $1.75 per mile and 60 cents per minute — a model similar to that adopted in New York City.

The premium rates are set out in the BMA's rate card, which the union recommends doctors use when asked to do non-contractual work.

He said NHS bosses had not been consulted on the rates, which are included in the BMA official rate card used for extra hours beyond contracted work.

The BMA rate card rates are recommended for all work undertaken outside of the normal contract, and they are therefore appropriate to use for covering absent junior doctors as this work is quite clearly extra-contractual.

The rate card was first introduced last year, the BMA said, after some NHS trusts tried to cap the amount they were willing to pay for overtime.