article_snippet: Family doctors across the country will be offered up to £650 to work for three hours on Easter Saturday in a bid to reduce strain on hospitals over the bank holiday weekend.
article_snippet: Doctors could be paid up to £650 for just three hours work on Easter Saturday - which includes £150 an hour plus £200 for administrative costs.
article_snippet: The incentive is being offered to ensure there is enough cover over the four day Easter holiday - in a similar way to when doctors were persuaded to work on New Year's Day by being offered £80 an hour on top of doctors normal salary.
article_snippet: Doctors are being offered up to £650 to work for three hours on Easter Saturday to ensure there is cover .
article_snippet: Earlier this month GPs in the West Midlands criticised the £350 figure and said the Daily Express needed to be quadrupled for them to consider working over the Easter break.
article_snippet: A spokeswoman from NHS England, for London, confirmed GPs had been offered £650 for the extra hours work.
article_snippet: While the price has yet to be finalised it is likely to be around £650 for a three hour session in line with other areas in NHS England. '
article_snippet: The payment being offered is similar to that over New Year, when doctors were offered £80 an hour on top of doctors normal salary to work on New Year's Day.
article_snippet: Incentive payments have been offered to cover weekends and bank holidays following Labour's 2004 renegotiation of Labour contracts.
highlights_snippet: Doctors are to be offered cash incentives to work over the Easter holidays .
  
highlights_snippet: Offer will be to pay up to £650 for three hours work on Easter Saturday .
  