Scottish senior doctors accept an 11 per cent salary bump - after patient satisfaction plummets to a 25 year low
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Scottish senior doctors accept an 11 per cent salary bump - after patient satisfaction plummets to a 25 year low

Daily Mail  

Senior NHS doctors in Scotland have coted to accept a £125 million pay deal that will see a their basic salaries hiked by 10.5 per cent — as public satisfaction hit the lowest level since before the millennium. Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray claimed the package brought Scottish consultants' pay in line with what doctors get in other parts of the UK. The Scottish rise comes after the three main unions representing nursing, midwifery and other NHS staff in Scotland confirmed they will accept a 5.5 per cent pay bump. Senior NHS doctors in Scotland have coted to accept a £125 million pay deal that will see a their basic salaries hiked by 10.5 per cent Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray claimed the package brought Scottish consultants' pay in line with what doctors get in other parts of the UK Mr Gray said: 'I am very pleased that the consultants have voted to accept our pay offer.

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Senior doctors are 'making more than £200,000-a-year by charging the NHS premium rates for overtime'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Senior doctors are 'making more than £200,000-a-year by charging the NHS premium rates for overtime'

Daily Mail  

Senior doctors are charging the NHS up to £200,000 extra per year in premium overtime rates to tackle waiting list backlogs. The NHS paid almost £1 billion in overtime pay to staff in 2023-24, with six in ten consultants picking up extra hours. Consultants - many working part-time - are being paid more than £200 per hour, or four times …

All NHS consultants in Scotland to get six-figure salaries after 10.5pc pay rise
1 month, 2 weeks ago

All NHS consultants in Scotland to get six-figure salaries after 10.5pc pay rise

The Telegraph  

All NHS consultants in Scotland are to receive a six-figure salary after voting to accept a 10.5 per cent pay rise from SNP ministers. ‘Important first step’ Shona Robison, Scotland’s Finance Secretary, was recently forced to make £500 million of emergency spending cuts, with Scotland’s official spending watchdog disclosing that “much of the pressure” was the result of the SNP’s …

BMA recommends Scottish junior doctors accept 10.8% pay offer
2 months, 1 week ago

BMA recommends Scottish junior doctors accept 10.8% pay offer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Following a meeting of the BMA’s Scottish resident doctors …

Junior doctors threaten MORE strikes if pay doesn't keep spiking despite ministers handing them a bumper 22% rise to settle current action
3 months, 1 week ago

Junior doctors threaten MORE strikes if pay doesn't keep spiking despite ministers handing them a bumper 22% rise to settle current action

Daily Mail  

Junior doctors have warned of more strikes if pay does not keep rising despite accepting a bumper 22 per cent offer. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said it was the 'first step' to getting the NHS back on its feet He told BBC Breakfast: 'This is the first step towards restoring pay, which is all that doctors have wanted since the …

Junior doctors vote to accept government pay deal of 22.3% over two years
3 months, 1 week ago

Junior doctors vote to accept government pay deal of 22.3% over two years

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Junior doctors have voted to accept a government pay deal …

Junior doctors in England vote to accept Government pay offer
3 months, 1 week ago

Junior doctors in England vote to accept Government pay offer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The British Medical Association’s junior doctors committee in England …

UK doctors' union may call end to strikes
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UK doctors' union may call end to strikes

China Daily  

This file photo taken on Sept 14 shows the National Health Service logo on St Thomas' Hospital in London, Britain. Months of industrial action by junior doctors in England's National Health Service may be coming to an end after their union recommended they accept a new offer of a 22.3-percent total pay increase over two years. "I am delighted that …

'Difficult' cuts needed to fund staggering 22 per cent junior doctor pay deal Government admits... but union members already slam 'abysmal' offer as 'not good enough'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Difficult' cuts needed to fund staggering 22 per cent junior doctor pay deal Government admits... but union members already slam 'abysmal' offer as 'not good enough'

Daily Mail  

Chancellor Rachel Reeves today confirmed the Government has put a pay deal to junior doctors that could see their earnings rise by a staggering 22 per cent. Yet she admitted 'difficult' cuts were urgently required by Government departments to fund the colossal public sector pay increases The British Medical Association's junior doctors committee will now put the offer to its …

Labour offers junior doctors a WHOPPING 22 per cent pay rise to end paralysing strikes
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour offers junior doctors a WHOPPING 22 per cent pay rise to end paralysing strikes

Daily Mail  

Labour has offered junior doctors a staggering pay deal that could see their earnings rise by 22.3 per cent over two years. However, as large as the 22 per cent pay boost is on paper, it still falls short of the 35 per cent BMA junior medics were demanding as they repeatedly took to the picket lines. Tory Ministers previously …

NHS strike breakthrough as consultants’ union agrees new pay deal with government
1 year ago

NHS strike breakthrough as consultants’ union agrees new pay deal with government

The Independent  

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UK government reaches a pay deal with senior doctors that could end disruptive strikes
1 year ago

UK government reaches a pay deal with senior doctors that could end disruptive strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s government reached a deal with senior doctors in England that could potentially end a series of disruptive strikes, officials said Monday. The Department of Health and Social Care said it submitted a pay offer to doctors’ unions after weeks of talks, and union leaders agreed to put the proposal to their members for a vote. The British …

NHS hospitals 'are paying doctors up to £7,900 a shift to cover striking colleagues who are ''ripping off'' the health service'
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS hospitals 'are paying doctors up to £7,900 a shift to cover striking colleagues who are ''ripping off'' the health service'

Daily Mail  

Doctors are getting paid up to £7,900 a shift by hospitals to cover for striking staff, a freedom of information request has revealed. Fresh industrial action by doctors and consultants this week is set to see services reduced to levels usually seen on Christmas Day again with nearly all routine care cancelled, as they are joined by dentists and radiographers …

England’s National Health Service operates on holiday-level staffing as doctors’ strike escalates
1 year, 3 months ago

England’s National Health Service operates on holiday-level staffing as doctors’ strike escalates

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England on Wednesday as doctors in the early stages of their careers joined their more senior colleagues in their first-ever joint strike action. Tens of thousands of so-called junior doctors walked off the job for the sixth time since last December in an escalation of their increasingly bitter …

Hospital services in the UK come to a standstill as thousands of senior doctors strike again
1 year, 4 months ago

Hospital services in the UK come to a standstill as thousands of senior doctors strike again

Associated Press  

LONDON — Hospital care across England largely came to a standstill on Thursday as senior doctors launch another 48-hour strike amid an ongoing pay dispute between medics and the British government. Thousands of hospital doctors say they will only provide emergency care, and the National Health Service warned patients to expect major disruption during the two-day strike. Thursday’s action is …

Doctors in England walk off job again as pay dispute with UK government shows no progress
1 year, 4 months ago

Doctors in England walk off job again as pay dispute with UK government shows no progress

Associated Press  

LONDON — Tens of thousands of doctors in England walked off the job Friday for another four-day stretch, with growing concerns that their bitter pay dispute with the British government will drag on into the winter. The British Medical Association, which represents the approximately 75,000 junior doctors, has been asking for a 35% pay bump to get pay back to …

Junior doctors’ strikes cost NHS £1bn
1 year, 4 months ago

Junior doctors’ strikes cost NHS £1bn

The Telegraph  

On Friday, junior doctors will embark on their fifth round of walkouts in a four-day strike lasting until Tuesday. Julian Kelly, the NHS chief financial officer, told the most recent NHS England board meeting that the cost of April’s five-day junior doctors’ strike was £315 million. Research by Health Service Journal showed around one in four NHS trusts meeting the …

Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August
1 year, 4 months ago

Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August

Associated Press  

LONDON — Tens of thousands of doctors in Britain’s state-funded health service will go on strike for a further four days in August as their pay dispute with the government shows few, if any, signs of resolution, their union said Wednesday. “It should never have got to the point where we needed to announce a fifth round of strike action,” …

Dentists in Scotland on same contract as junior doctors to take part in strike
1 year, 7 months ago

Dentists in Scotland on same contract as junior doctors to take part in strike

The Independent  

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Junior doctors to consider ‘credible offer’ as they appear to back down on pay rise demand
1 year, 7 months ago

Junior doctors to consider ‘credible offer’ as they appear to back down on pay rise demand

The Telegraph  

The junior doctors’ leaders are prepared to consider a “credible offer” from the Government as they appeared to back down from their 35 per cent pay demand. In a message to members, the BMA’s junior doctors’ committee said it met with the Government twice, including with the Health Secretary on Tuesday and his team again on Thursday. Setting out their …

Why are junior doctors striking?
1 year, 8 months ago

Why are junior doctors striking?

The Independent  

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NHS faces ‘unparalleled’ disruption as junior doctors begin four-day strike
1 year, 8 months ago

NHS faces ‘unparalleled’ disruption as junior doctors begin four-day strike

The Independent  

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Barclay slams ‘regrettable’ four-day strike by junior doctors in bitter pay row
1 year, 8 months ago

Barclay slams ‘regrettable’ four-day strike by junior doctors in bitter pay row

The Independent  

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Real cost of junior doctors’ strike revealed in leaked NHS documents
1 year, 8 months ago

Real cost of junior doctors’ strike revealed in leaked NHS documents

The Independent  

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Junior doctors' 35 per cent pay demand is 'not a tall ask', insists union
1 year, 8 months ago

Junior doctors' 35 per cent pay demand is 'not a tall ask', insists union

The Telegraph  

Calls by junior doctors for a 35 per cent pay increase are not a "tall ask", the British Medical Association has insisted, as medics walked out for the first of four days of strike action. Dr Vivek Trivedi, the co-chairman of the BMA junior doctors' committee, said industrial action could be suspended if Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, approached negotiations …

Junior doctors’ pay demands unrealistic, says Health Secretary
1 year, 8 months ago

Junior doctors’ pay demands unrealistic, says Health Secretary

The Telegraph  

Junior doctors’ pay demands would result in some receiving an “unrealistic” £20,000 salary increase, Steve Barclay warned ahead of the latest strike action. The Health Secretary has called pay demands by the British Medical Association “widely out of step” at a time of “considerable economic pressure” on the country. The BMA is demanding a 35 per cent salary increase to …

Junior doctors urged to back strike action in battle for higher pay
1 year, 8 months ago

Junior doctors urged to back strike action in battle for higher pay

The Independent  

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Public sector workers could see 3.5% pay rise after departmental submissions
1 year, 10 months ago

Public sector workers could see 3.5% pay rise after departmental submissions

The Independent  

More than one million public sector workers, including police officers and NHS staff, could be in line for a 3.5% pay rise following submissions by UK Government departments to the pay review process. The DfE, in its submission to the School Teachers’ Review Body, said: “The department’s view is that an award of 3.5% will be manageable within schools’ budgets …

Majority of junior doctors have ‘actively researched’ leaving NHS
1 year, 11 months ago

Majority of junior doctors have ‘actively researched’ leaving NHS

The Telegraph  

Sixty-five per cent of junior doctors have “actively researched” leaving their jobs in the NHS over the last 12 months, a poll has found, as they prepare to ballot on strike action over pay. A British Medical Association survey of 3,819 junior doctors in England, carried out in November and December, also revealed that 79 per cent “often think about …

Improve pay offer or prepare for Scottish NHS strikes, union tells SNP
2 years, 1 month ago

Improve pay offer or prepare for Scottish NHS strikes, union tells SNP

The Telegraph  

The crisis enveloping Scotland’s struggling NHS has intensified after the largest health worker union told SNP ministers to prepare for strikes and GPs warned their practices are “buckling under current demand”. But Mr Brown said: “Our members have voted in their thousands and their message is loud and clear - the Scottish Government’s pay offer just isn’t good enough.” She …

Doctors want a 30 PER CENT pay rise amid threat of NHS strikes
2 years, 5 months ago

Doctors want a 30 PER CENT pay rise amid threat of NHS strikes

Daily Mail  

NHS doctors and GPs will push for a whopping 30 per cent pay rise, it was decided today. Dr Emma Runswick who presented the motion for a 30 per cent restorative pay rise said doctors deserve a salary capable of giving them 'comfort and pleasure' Dr Joanna Sutton-Klein said if members voted for the motion she would 'see them on …

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