Junior doctors in Scotland – now called ‘resident’ doctors following a recent name change agreed by the British Medical Association and the UK government – have received more good news this morning. Humza Yousaf pushed by the prospect of strike action last year by offering medics a 12.4 per cent pay rise and Scotland’s doctor have today been offered another increase of 11 per cent over 2024/25. The doctors’ union is recommending that staff vote for the rise, and now it’s up to medics to accept the latest pay uplift presented to them.
The cumulative rise would see an uplift of 8.5 per cent backdated to April this year, with a further 2.3 per cent boost implemented from 1 October. According to the BMA, in combination with Yousaf’s deal last year, the offer would take medics ‘virtually halfway to pay restoration’ – with two more years to go in which negotiations can be carried out under the former First Minister’s initial agreement.
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