British Medical Association (BMA)

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16 June 2025

Resident doctors’ pay: how much do they earn, and what does the BMA want?

Resident (formerly “junior”) doctors’ pay is in the news again, with a strike ballot underway. We explain how much different types of resident doctor get paid, and what their union has called for.

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A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest calling for better pay for Junior Doctors in Whitehall, outside the gates of Downing Street in central London on August 11, 2023
4 June 2025

Telegraph overstates resident doctors’ pay demands

The union representing resident doctors is not asking for an extra 29% on top of this year’s 5.4% pay rise, as the paper reported. The demand is for a 29% rise on last year’s pay.

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An organiser arranges BMA-branded placards calling for better pay outside a hospital in central London in 2023.

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