What do we want? No work on Saturdays. Why? I'm a weekend wedding photographer, says leader of junior doctors

Johann Malawana, 35, runs a wedding photography business on the side

If couples opt for Johann Malawana Photography's £4,590 package he is happy 'to stay on and get some action shots of the crazy dancing'

Under the proposed contract weekday evenings and Saturdays will be reclassified as part of the normal working week

By Simon Walters and Glen Owen and Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 20:40 EST, 7 November 2015 | Updated: 05:22 EST, 8 November 2015

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The leader of the junior doctors has every reason to want to avoid Saturday work – he runs a wedding photography business on the side.

Johann Malawana, 35, who chairs the BMA's junior doctors committee, offers 'Gold', 'Platinum' and 'Diamond' packages – and a special discount where one of the couple works for the NHS. 

The obstetrician says if couples opt for Johann Malawana Photography's £4,590 Diamond package he is happy 'to stay on and get some action shots of the crazy dancing for you to remember the bits you may not otherwise'.

Smile please: Johann Malawana, 35, who chairs the BMA's junior doctors committee, takes a picture at a wedding (pictured far right)

Dr Malawana, who owns a £540,000 home in Hertfordshire and a £400,000 flat in North London, boasts that he personally shoots each wedding

It also includes an 'engagement location shoot', a 'social media selection of images', a 'trash the wedding dress' shoot after the wedding, a first anniversary location shoot and 'a special offer of 25 per cent off my usual print rate'. 

Dr Malawana, who owns a £540,000 home in Hertfordshire and a £400,000 flat in North London, boasts that he personally shoots each wedding, 'designing the specifications around the needs of the bride and groom', normally meeting with the couple at least once or twice prior to the day – more if they desire.

Under the proposed contract weekday evenings and Saturdays will be reclassified as part of the normal working week.

When Dr Malawana, who is mar ried to a GP, with whom he has a two-year-old son, was appointed as the junior doctors leader last month he complained of '17-hour days' and said: 'If we carry on like this, it's just going to get worse and worse. We need to draw a line beyond which we start getting into extremely unsafe territory.'

The BMA said Dr Malawana's business was 'a small company' and only takes on a handful of small jobs each year.

 

Source: What do we want? No work on Saturdays. Why? I'm a weekend wedding photographer, says leader of junior doctors