A new pay offer put to junior doctors by the government is hoped to end the current pay dispute.

Junior doctors in Cumbria have been on strike 11 times since the pay dispute began but a new pay deal worth 22 per cent over the next two years could help end the struggle between the British Medical Association (BMA) and the government.

If accepted, the deal will see junior doctors’ pay rise by between 3.71 per cent and 5.05 per cent – averaging 4.05 per cent – on top of their existing pay award for 2023/24. This will be backdated to April 2023.

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Each part of the pay scale will also be uplifted by 6 per cent, plus £1,000, as recommended by the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB), with an effective date of April 1, 2024

Both rises mean a doctor starting foundation training in the NHS will see base pay increase to £36,600, up from about £32,400.

A full-time doctor entering specialty training will have basic pay rise to £49,900 from about £43,900.