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NI pay dispute: consultants vote to accept pay offer

Dr David Farren, chair of BMA’s Northern Ireland consultants committee (NICC), said: “Consultants in Northern Ireland clearly feel that this offer from government is a positive first step towards full pay restoration.

“Consultants bear ultimate responsibility for patient care, they are key to addressing the waiting list crisis and lead on training doctors and clinical innovation, yet in Northern Ireland their pay did not reflect this level of responsibility.”

“This deal begins the process of making our pay more attractive and competitive with our UK counterparts which is critical at a time of chronic workforce shortages here,” he said.

The pay offer also includes a revised consultant pay scale with uplifts at all pay points, the highest percentage uplift in the UK this year, and the highest consultant starting salary in the UK.

This uplift is also in addition to the 6% already awarded as part of the 2023/24 Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration, external process and is entirely separate to any subsequent pay award for 2024/25.


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