Kevin Foster – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Foster on 2016-09-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much basic pay will increase for each grade under the proposed new junior doctors’ contract.

Mr Philip Dunne

Pay for Foundation 1 doctors will be 15% higher than the current basic starting salary.

Pay for Foundation 2 doctors will be 8% higher than the current basic starting salary.

The new basic starting salary for Specialty Registrars at ST1 will be 19% higher than the current basic starting salary.

The salary for those at ST3 will be 32% higher than the current pay point for those progressing through training without delay.

The overall increase for all juniors is over 10%.