Key Facts

• Resident doctors in England will receive a 3.5% pay rise this year, as recommended by an independent review body, with backdated pay to 1 April 2026, worth an average increase of 4.9% under the wider package.
• The pay rise will grow to an average 6.6% by April 2027, with a further increase to follow, and starting salaries will be just over £40,000, with the most senior resident doctors getting £76,500 in basic pay.
• The offer includes 4,500 extra training places for newly qualified doctors and a plan to cover out-of-pocket expenses like exam fees, with doctors able to earn thousands more each year for things like working unsociable times and additional hours.
• Some 53% of eligible British Medical Association members voted in favour of the offer in a referendum, with a turnout of 57%, and 32,932 doctors voting, bringing an end to three years of strikes.
• Dr Jack Fletcher, chair of the BMA's resident doctors committee, said: "These strikes did not need to happen. We spent far too long at loggerheads with the government when a solution in everyone's interest was waiting for us: more jobs for doctors, better pay for doctors, and a better-staffed NHS secured for patients well into the future."