Doctors in Scotland must receive a pay rise in line with their English colleagues, a union said as it warned that a poor deal would be the “last straw”. BMA Scotland urged ministers to award consultants a pay increase in line with the 2.5 per cent announced yesterday for England by Philip Hammond, the chancellor. That was the level recommended by the independent pay review body for doctors and dentists. The Scottish government has yet to announce its doctors’ remuneration for 2019-20 but confirmed at the budget in January that its public sector pay policy would retain its tiered approach. This includes an increase of £1,600 for those earning £80,000 or more, up to 2 per cent for those earning between £36,500 and £80,000, and…

Source: The Times July 22, 2019 23:03 UTC