Resident Doctors have called off proposed strike
action across Scotland after the British Medical
Association (BMA) Scottish Resident Doctors Committee agreed
to ballot members on an offer of 4.25% in 2025-26 and 3.75% in
2026-27.
The committee is recommending that their members accept the
two-year pay deal offered by the Scottish Government - that
matches one already accepted by nurses and other healthcare staff
- alongside a separate package of contractual reform.
The combined offer will see an 8.16% cumulative pay uplift over
two years and an additional investment in contractual reform over
the same period.
The total investment in the offer for both pay and contract
reform over the two-year period will be £133 million. The BMA
will now consult their members on the deal with planned
industrial action on 13 January no longer going ahead.
Health Secretary
said:
“It is great news that we have reached an agreement that has
allowed next week's industrial action to be halted.
“This avoids the cancelled operations and disruption to patient
care that no one, including resident doctors, wanted to see. Days
of intensive and constructive talks have got us here and I thank
the BMA, and my team, for getting us to this point.
“The combined offer will see the same pay
deal which nurses and NHS support staff agreed. It
also includes additional investment
in contractual reform over the same period, providing a
total investment of £133 million over this time.
“It further underlines our commitment to the 2023 pay and
contract reform agreement. I hope Resident Doctors will now vote
to accept.”
