Consultant pay offer: Will early career doctors lose out?

Last month the BMA and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association said they would put a pay offer to consultants in England after negotiations with the government.1The offer is 4.95% investment in pay for this financial year, in addition to the 6% pay uplift for 2023-24 that was announced by the government in July.2 Of this investment, 1.5% comes from phasing out local clinical excellence awards. If the offer is accepted the changes will come into force in January 2024 but will be paid retrospectively in April.Under the offer, most consultants will receive an additional uplift of between 2.85% and 12.8%, depending on their pay point (table 1). However, consultants in their fifth to eighth year of work will not receive an additional pay uplift immediately but will benefit from faster pay progression.bmj;383/dec01_10/p2851/TBL1T1tbl1Table 1What’s happening on doctors’ pay across the UKEnglandWalesScotlandNorthern IrelandConsultantsA deal offering up to 12.8% for 2023-24 is…
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