Doctors are urging Canberra’s Calvary Public Hospital to withdraw its legal action against a junior doctor who is leading a class action over unpaid wages, branding it a “nasty legal tactic”. 

A series of class actions against health services in Victoria, NSW and the ACT have been launched on behalf of tens of thousands of junior doctors who claim they have not been paid for unrostered overtime.

The claims as a whole are expected to run into millions of dollars and cover those junior doctors who worked in the public system broadly between 2015 and 2022.

But Dr Ying Tham is now facing a counterclaim from Calvary Public Hospital, which is seeking damages and interest from her on the basis that she allegedly failed to keep time records of her own hours.