The Scottish government must improve its pay offer to junior doctors

Scottish junior doctors have voted to reject the offer of a 14.5% consolidated pay increase over a two year period made by the Scottish government, with a clear majority of 71.1%.1The Scottish BMA Junior Doctors Committee remains determined to achieve full pay restoration to 2008 levels within five years. The percentage of real terms pay loss for junior doctors in Scotland now stands at 28.5%. Had this offer been accepted, the deficit would have been reduced to 26.5%.1Rejection of this offer is neither a failure nor a success for BMA Scotland or the Scottish government. It is simply an indication that—in the eyes of most junior doctors—the current offer is inadequate compensation for the work they do.Throughout the negotiations with Michael Matheson, cabinet secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, the shared aim of BMA Scotland and the Scottish government has been “to make NHS Scotland the employer of…
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