Doctors in Wales have been urged to accept new pay offers from the Welsh Government . Under the deals junior doctors, specialist doctors and consultants have been offered salary uplifts, as well as reform of pay scales and contract terms. If accepted, they could bring the long-running pay dispute - which has seen junior doctors strike for ten days so far this year - to an end in Wales.
The new offers comes after negotiations between British Medical Association (BMA) Cymru Wales - the BMA being the trade union for UK doctors - and the Welsh Government, which started in April this year, reports PA. A planned two-day strike by consultants and specialist doctors was called off to so the talks could begin. Now the BMA says it is "satisfied" with the deal and has urged its members to vote in favour of it, while government ministers described the offers as “at the limit of our affordability.
" READ MORE: Vaughan Gething looks like a dead man walking unless he can pull a rabbit out of his hat READ MORE: Health board explains how they saved millions of pounds on agency nursing costs If the deals are accepted, junior doctors will get a 7.4% additional uplift, taking the total to a 12.4% uplift for 2023-24, which will be backdated to April last year.
Meanwhile, consultants will get a revised pay scale, providing higher career earnings, increased starting pay, and an additional pay rise of up to 10.1% for some consultant doctors. Specialist doctors will see pay offers for newer contract.
