Pay rise offered to SAS doctors ‘some way short’, warns BMA Scotland

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By Katrine Bussey, PA Media

A pay offer from the Scottish Government for some SAS doctors is “some way short” of wage rises given to other doctors, the British Medical Association has claimed.

The government announced specialty and associate specialist doctors (SAS) have been offered a 6% pay rise, with more than £7.2 million set aside for the deal which Scottish health secretary Neil Gray said will ensure the medics “stay competitively paid”.