The agreement comes after 44 days of strikes since junior doctors first took industrial action in March 2023 in pursuit of a 35% pay rise. Stoppages by staff across the NHS since December 2022 have led to the postponement of 1.5m appointments, procedures and operations at an estimated cost of more than £3bn.
The British Medical Associa tion's junior doctors committee has accepted an offer of an average rise of 22.3% over 2023-24 and 2024-25, the Guardian understands.
During a meeting on Saturday, the committee agreed to put the offer to its members, according to a source.
If accepted, it will end the industrial action. Tens of thousands of members will now vote on the deal.
If accepted, the offer will deliver an additional pay rise of between 3.71% and 5.05%, averaging 4.05%, on top of the existing 8.8% average pay award for 2023-24. This will be backdated to April 2023.
Ministers are also accepting the recommendations of the review body on doctors' and dentists' remuneration for 2024-25. It will uplift each part of the pay scale by 6%, plus £1,000 on a consolidated basis, averaging an increase of more than 8%.
This will be backdated to April 2024.
This story is from the July 30, 2024 edition of The Guardian.
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