Scottish government offers junior doctors 14.5% pay rise and new pay taskforce

Scotland’s government has offered junior doctors a 14.5% pay rise, which includes a 6.5% increase for this year and a 3% increase on their previous 4.5% offer (totalling 7.5%), backdated to 2022-23.The pay offer, on which BMA Scotland has taken a neutral stance, will be put to union members in the next two weeks. The government has also committed to a Junior Doctor Pay Bargaining Review Taskforce, which will develop a new pay review system to avoid future pay erosion.Commenting on the offer, Chris Smith, chair of the BMA Scottish Junior Doctor Committee, said it was “without doubt an improvement on the 4.5% awarded last year, and the improved offer for 2022-23 would represent a slowdown in doctors’ pay erosion.”He added that the BMA believed that this was the best offer the Scottish government will provide at this moment, meaning it was essential that members now “decide our next steps.”Smith…
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