Basic pay


  • Cost of being a junior doctor has increased by 80%, BMA research shows

    The cost of being a junior doctor has increased, research by the BMA shows, while over the same period, junior doctors’ basic salaries have increased by little more than 20%, and supplements paid for antisocial hours have fallen.
  • New pay award “short changes” military doctors, says BMA, May 2007

    Commenting on the recent announcement (10/05/07) of a 2% pay award for armed forces doctors, Dr Brendan McKeating, Chair of the BMA’s Armed Forces Committee said:“I am saddened by the sub-inflationary pay settlement. It is an effective pay cut for military doctors. There is a serious shortfall in the numbers of armed forces doctors and cutting their pay will undoubtedly discourage new applicants who can earn higher salaries in the NHS"
  • Bargaining data, June 2007

    This is the second edition of a regular update of pay and workforce issues, which will reflect the technical content of the now defunct HPERU Quarterly Bulletin. We will issue earnings and inflation forecasts on a regular basis and supplement these with ad hoc material on earnings surveys as well as other economic content designed to help those who negotiate on behalf of members.
  • Bargaining data - No 1 - January 2007

    This is the first edition of a regular update of pay and workforce issues, which will reflect the technical content of the now defunct HPERU Quarterly Bulletin. We will issue earnings and inflation forecasts on a regular basis and supplement these with ad hoc material on earnings surveys as well as other economic content designed to help those who negotiate on behalf of members.
  • Junior doctors banding appeals, July 2005

    Five years on from the introduction of the banded contract, this document gives a list of banding appeals brought by junior doctors and supported by the BMA and their results up to July 2006.
  • Forensic physicians pay settlement, March 2006

    A 3% pay rise for forensic physicians was announced on Tuesday 20 March 2006.
  • Backdating guidance, October 2003

    The basic principles of backdating pay for consultants together with some illustrative scenarios.

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