GMB response to BMA statement on pay dispute

The pay offer BMA staff are in dispute with their employer over is 2%.

The 3% figure quoted by the BMA includes a one-off, non-consolidated payment, not an overall salary increase. Doctors would rightly call foul if the government tried to include a non-consolidated payment as representative of a percentage pay increase.

The 16% is for a minority of senior managers, addressing a long-standing issue of pay progression. It is not linked to a cost of living increase.

We do not recognise the BMA’s claim that they are offering three additional annual leave days. The offer is for two additional days. Staff have a long standing contractual extra day off at Christmas, which the BMA are trying to include in their figures.