It is very welcome that at last the authorities are beginning a conversation about NHS consultants moonlighting in private practice. This blog has been calling for change for years. However we do not want another disputed contact nor a fudge which does not deal with this issue once and for all and without ambiguity. Thus the only way forward is that NHS Consultants have a contract of full time employment which requires commitment to their employer only. BA pilots are not allowed to moonlight with Virgin on Wednesdays or whatever and there is no excuse for an exception to this common sense reality to be made for doctors. Indeed the reverse.