The federal government and the BMA commerce union have struck an improved pay deal for junior medical doctors in England price 22% on common over two years.
The BMA’s junior medical doctors’ committee has agreed to place the supply to its members.
If accepted it could spell an finish to long-running strike motion which has led to the cancellation of a whole lot of hundreds of appointments since March 2023.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves mentioned the supply marked “the beginning of a brand new relationship” between the federal government and NHS employees.
The most recent authorities supply is made up of a 4% backdated pay rise for 2023-24, on high of the present enhance price a mean of 9% for the final monetary yr.
A further 6% enhance is being provided for 2024-25 as really useful by an impartial pay evaluation physique, topped up with an additional £1,000 consolidated fee.
That brings the whole over the 2 years to roughly 22%, on common, for every junior physician.
The BMA’s junior medical doctors’ committee will advocate the supply to its members, who will then be requested to vote on the deal.
Junior medical doctors have been campaigning for a 35% pay enhance to make up for what they are saying are years of beneath inflation pay rises.
Addressing the Commons, the chancellor Rachel Reeves mentioned industrial motion within the NHS had price taxpayers £1.7bn final yr.
“As we speak marks the beginning of a brand new relationship between the federal government and employees working within the NHS,” she mentioned. “The entire nation will welcome that.”
Assembly the suggestions of impartial pay evaluation our bodies for the general public sector would price an additional £9bn this yr, she added, which might be paid for partially by asking authorities departments to seek out £3bn price of financial savings.
There shall be a freeze on using exterior consultants and non-essential authorities communications.
In well being and social care, plans to construct 40 new hospitals in England by 2030 would face a “full evaluation”, whereas the chancellor mentioned it could “not be attainable” to introduce a cap on social care prices in England by October 2025 as Labour pledged in its election marketing campaign.
