Pay claim ‘threatens after-hours’ doctor care

A GP co-op that provides a vital out-of-hours service to more than 600,000 people faces closure if employees pursue a pay claim, the company has warned.

SouthDoc was “on its knees and tipping towards the edge of a cliff in a wind- up situation” a solicitor for the company said yesterday.

Deirdre Crowley, speaking at an Employment Appeals Tribunal, said it would “spell the end of the jobs” of almost 180 people if 22 SouthDoc employees persisted in their claim for compensation on foot of a pay cut imposed in 2009.