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Junior doctor pay deal a ‘drop in the ocean’ compared to cost of strikes, Reeves says
Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Cheltenham General Hospital during their continuing dispute over pay, January 8, 2024

RACHEL REEVES said that the price of the pay deal offered to junior doctors is a “drop in the ocean” compared to the cost of strikes.

Speaking to Times Radio the chancellor said that funding the 22.3 per cent pay package would cost about £350 million — a small sum compared to the £1.7 billion she claims was lost to NHS strikes.

The new offer, which will mean newly qualified doctors earning £15 an hour will earn about £17.60, has been put to members at the British Medical Association (BMA).

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