Consultants accept pay offer to end year-long dispute
Consultants have accepted a pay offer, ending a year-long dispute with the Government.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said its members in England voted in favour by 83%, describing the offer as an improvement on one rejected earlier this year, as well as including changes to the profession’s pay review body (DDRB).
Consultants have taken strike action over the past year, adding to the NHS waiting list which has also been affected by the junior doctors’ dispute, which remains unresolved.
This is only the end of the beginning, and we have some way to go before the pay consultants have lost over the last 15 years has been restored
Dr Vishal Sharma, BMA
The said the offer includes
