When the telepsychiatry program was first launched by the Department of Corrections, psychiatrists were told that they would not have to cover On-call assignments. The Department then decided to start requiring them to cover on-call assignments. The Department changed...
UAPD Updates
LA County Recruitment & Retention Work Group
At the Request of Dr. Mitch Katz, Director of the newly formed Los Angeles County Health Agency, UAPD has partnered with the Department of Health Services (DHS) to increase the recruitment of Physicians and Specialists who work for the County. The...
State BU 16 Docs Ratify Contract
On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the UAPD Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) on a new Memorandum of Understanding with the State of California. The new agreement will was ratified by UAPD members and will go into effect once approved by the State...
UAPD Corrects Underpayments to UC Doctors
The UAPD contract guaranteed lump-sum payments for student health center doctors, giving retroactive raises for the period during which contract negotiations took place. The ten campuses issued these payments at various times in the months after bargaining concluded....
Santa Cruz County Docs Ratify Contract
After 13 bargaining sessions over last 6 months, the UAPD Bargaining Team reached a tentative agreement with Santa Cruz County on January 31, 2017. The new contract went into effect in March after being ratified by by the UAPD membership and approved by the Santa Cruz...
LA County Safe and Just Culture Policy
Los Angeles County Policy No. 311.4, as revised on July 1, 2016, states as its purpose: “To build, maintain, and support a Safe and Just Culture at the Department of Health Services...A Safe and Just Culture is one in which safety is an individual and...