Who are resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors) and what do they do? Explore fact checks on NHS junior doctors in England and the UK — pay, strikes, training, and more.
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First-year junior doctors earn about £15.53 an hour in basic pay only—but the average junior doctor earned at least about £44,500 in the year to September 2023. Read
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The BMA accused the chancellor of being ‘misleading’ over claims doctors had received an above inflation pay rise. Read
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New claims about junior doctor pay in England, including from a Labour MP, are potentially misleading. Read
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It may cost nearly half a million to train a surgeon, but not any doctor, as the former health minister also said. It also does not look likely that almost half of UK doctors later move to Australia o Read
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A Labour MP quoted BMA figures claiming junior doctor “pay restoration” would cost £1 billion, but the health secretary said it would cost £2 billion. Read
Most junior doctors are paid more than the equivalent of ten tins per hour, even if you only consider basic pay. Read
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Some claims made during the recent strike used a mix of cash-terms and real-terms figures. Read
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A Telegraph article claimed that strikes were a factor behind a spike in deaths in England. But a similar spike occurred in Wales, where there were no strikes. Read
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A BMA advertisement says that a junior doctor makes just £14.09 per hour. This might be true in some cases, but on average junior doctors earn much more. Read
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In December 2017, a non-EEA junior doctor needed to be earning £55,000 in order to get a visa for the UK. Read
