NHS junior doctors in England vote to accept Government pay offer

Junior doctors protest opposite Downing Street in London
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Junior doctors in England have voted to accept a Government pay deal worth 22.3 per cent on average over two years, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

The BMA's junior doctors committee (JDC) in England has accepted the Government's pay offer, with 66 per cent of junior doctors voting in favour of the deal.

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The deal will see junior doctors' pay rise by between 3.71 per cent and 5.05 per cent averaging 4.05 per cent on top of their existing pay award for 2023/24. This will be backdated to April 2023.

Each part of the pay scale will also be uplifted by 6 per cent, plus £1,000, as recommended by the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB), with an effective date of April 1 2024.

Both rises mean a doctor starting foundation training in the NHS will see a base pay increase to £36,600, up from about £32,400.

A full-time doctor entering specialty training will have basic pay rise to £49,900 from about £43,900.