BMA launches referendum on doctors in training pay offer

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By Kaye McIntosh

A referendum has opened on a pay offer that could end 18 months of strike action by doctors in training in England.

After eleven rounds of walkouts, doctors will give their verdict in an online referendum by the British Medical Association, which opens on Monday and will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 15 September. The deal is worth 22.3% over 2 years.

BMA junior doctors committee (JDC) co-chairs Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi told Doctors.net.uk: “We are recommending our members vote “yes” to this offer, which would represent the first step towards restoring junior doctors’ pay after more than a decade of cuts.

“It is not the whole way to our goal but we believe this is a clear opportunity to bank our progress this year and build on it next year, moving us further along our journey to full pay restoration.

“The government knows that if the journey gets off track, they will face doctors being back in dispute next year.