NHS staff receive pay rise

NHS staff receive pay rise Pay scales for most doctors and dentists to increase by at least a 6% this year after the government accepted the recommendations from the independent pay review bodies in full.

Around 130,000 full-time equivalent doctors and dentists, including junior doctors and consultants will see their pay rise in line with the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration’s (DDRB) recommendations. Pay for junior doctors will be increased by 8.8% on average. The agreement means pay for a first year junior doctor will increase by 10.3%. Pay for the most experienced junior doctors will increase by 8.1%. For consultants, this means a rise of 6%. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Pay uplift for doctors fails to recognise or remedy their pay cuts in real terms BMA
• Junior doctor striking over NHS 'abusive relationship' BBC News
• Public sector pay: Workers offered pay rises of around 6% BBC News
• Doctors urged to accept pay rise of up to £7,000 and end strikes The Daily Telegraph
• Sunak offers at least 6% pay rise to millions of public sector workers The Guardian
• Ministers ‘have obliterated morale’: junior doctors on first day of strike The Guardian
• Catastrophic winter pressure on NHS prompted junior doctor strike ballot, says BMA The Guardian
• BMA: Doctors' 6% pay offer 'missed opportunity' to end strikes The Independent
• Final offer: UK's Sunak seeks to end strikes with multi-billion pound pay deal Reuters
• Millions of UK public sector workers including teachers and doctors to get pay rises Sky News