BMA Scotland recommends consultants' pay offer as ‘positive first step’

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By Katrine Bussey, PA Media

Doctors’ leaders say a pay deal offered by the Scottish Government is a “positive first step” towards making consultants’ wages in NHS Scotland competitive again.

After what the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland described as “intense negotiations”, the Government is putting forward a £124.9 million package which, if accepted, will see basic pay for doctors rise 10.5%.