Pay offer for doctors and dentists in training
The British Medical Association (BMA) has agreed to put the government's offer to its members.
After further negotiations between government and the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Resident Doctor Committee (formerly the BMA Junior Doctor Committee), the BMA has agreed to put the government’s offer to its members.
If accepted, the offer announced today (29 July), would end the dispute between the BMA Resident Doctor Committee and the government.
Highlights of the offer:
Reforms to pay for resident doctors:
- Pay for 2023/24 – government to invest an average of a further 4.05 per cent into 2023/24 pay scales for doctors in training. Uplifts will be applied to the pay scales for the 2016 and 2002 contracts as well as to local pay scales which mirror those contracts. The effective date for these changes will be 1 April 2023 and resident doctors will receive a payment to reflect backpay.
- Pay for 2024/25 – government have accepted the recommendations of the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body (DDRB) and uplift each nodal point by 6 per cent plus £1000, on a consolidated basis, with an effective date of 1 April 2024.
- Pay for 2025/26 – the DDRB to consider, as part of its recommendations, the overall reward package and career progression for doctors in training to ensure that medicine is an attractive and rewarding career choice to deliver our consultants and GPs of the future.
- Flexible Pay Premia (FPP) – DDRB to ensure that FPPs are uplifted in line with their pay recommendations for doctors in training.
Measures aimed at improving the experiences of resident doctors:
- Rotational placements – the department of health and social care (DHSC) will lead work in partnership with key stakeholders to reform the current system of training and rotational placements.
- Exception reporting – doctors must be paid/receive time off in lieu (TOIL) for all time worked above contracted hours subject to making an exception report. DHSC will renegotiate the provisions applicable to exception reporting based on a number of jointly agreed principles.
If this deal is accepted by the membership, the BMA will withdraw the rate card for doctors in training in England with immediate effect.
We will continue to keep you updated on the offer and address any questions that may arise.
Further information
- Read the written Ministerial statement.
- Read the information on the offer that the BMA is sharing with its members on the BMA website.
