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NHS doctors to receive pay rise this month Published: 5 September 2023 Emailed: 6 September 2023
Around 150,000 NHS doctors in England, including doctors in training and consultants, will start to receive their pay rise this month, backdated to April 2023.
The Department of Health and Social Care has reported that this month, around 150,000 NHS doctors will start to receive a pay rise after the government accepted the recommendations of the Independent Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration’s (DD RB). As part of the award, doctors covered by the review body, which includes doctors in training, consultants, specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors and dentists, will receive their pay rise backdated to April. First year doctors in training will receive a 10.3% uplift. This means basic pay for a first year junior doctor will increase from £29,300 to £32,300. For a junior doctor in core training with 3 years’ experience, it will increase from £40,200 to £43,900. Pay scales for consultants are also increasing by 6%, meaning starting basic full-time pay will rise to £93,600. Taken together with on- call payments and other activities, the average consultant’s NHS earnings will increase to £134,000 a year. This is in addition to their 4.5% pay rise last year and significant pension reforms, which saw the annual allowance for tax-free pension saving increasing by 50% to £60,000 and removing the £1 million lifetime cap. Some staff will also benefit from performance pay, overtime, pay progression and pay rises from promotion, alongside the pay uplift. More widely, and alongside the pension tax reforms announced at budget, it has been reported that the government is implementing new retirement flexibilities to help retain experienced doctors, while making it easier and attractive for retired staff to return. From 1 April 2023, restrictions were lifted on the amount of work that staff can do if they return to service after retirement, and allowed staff who retire and return to re-join the scheme and build more pension. From 1 October 2023, a further partial retirement option for staff will be introduced, which will allow them to claim a portion of their pension benefits but continue working and building further pension.
Read the full press release, here.
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Safe Sick Pay: Labour is on-board Published: 13 September 2023 Emailed: 20 September 2023
The Centre for Progressive Change has announced that Labour has committed to back the reforms of the Safe Sick Pay campaign.
The specific comments were revealed by Angela Rayner at TUC conference:
“The UK has the lowest level of statutory sick pay in the OECD. The next Labour government will strengthen and increase statutory sick pay, make it available all workers by removing the lower earnings limit which cuts out those on low wages, and removing the waiting period which currently means workers can only access it from day four of sickness.” However, the Centre for Progressive Change expresses that it can’t rest easy and stated that it is not yet clear for example what either party's policy position will be on the total rate of income replacement, to replace the currently inadequate rate of just £109 per week Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). The Centre for Progressive Change have recently met Treasury advisers on the subject of sick pay and submitted a policy briefing. A desperate push for sick pay reforms continue and the Centre for Progressive Change states that it wants to ensure that no worker is left ill, under huge financial pressure and facing impossible choices because of an inadequate sick pay regime that further punishes the lowest paid workers in our society. To that end, the Safe Sick Pay campaign will keep pushing for these vital reforms.
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