Doctors strike called off in Scotland as union backs latest pay deal

Resident doctors scrap planned strike action across Scotland

Resident doctors in Scotland suspend strike as BMA ballots on new two-year NHS pay offer, including an 8.16% rise and £133m contract reform package.

Doctors strike called off in Scotland as union backs latest pay deal

Medics had been set to go on the first national walkout staged by NHS workers on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.

Resident doctors strike in Scotland called off

STRIKE action by resident doctors in Scotland has been averted as unions have agreed to consider a new pay deal.

Scottish Resident Doctors - Strike action averted as unions consider revised pay and contract reform offer

Resident Doctors have called off proposed strike action across Scotland after the British Medical Association (BMA) Scottish Resident Doctors Committee agreed to ballot members on an offer of 4.25% in 2025-26 and 3.75% in 2026-27. The committee is recommending that their members accept the two-year pay deal offered by the Scottish Government - that matches one already accepted by nurses and other healthcare staff - alongside a separate package o…

Thanks to mutual respect and constant effort by SNP health secretaries Scotland still has seen not one health service strike, 150 000 procedures and unknown thousands of lives have been saved

Less than one month ago, BBC Scotland’s Lisa Summers announced gleefully: Scotland’s resident doctors are to go on strike in a dispute over pay – the first time a national walkout has been staged by NHS workers. Their union BMA Scotland had accused the government of reneging on a commitment to restore pay to 2008 levels. With 92% of those who turned out voting in favour, strike dates have been set for 07:00 on Tuesday 13 January to 07:00 on Satu…

Resident doctors scrap strikes over £133 million deal

Scottish resident doctors have called off industrial action after the government offered a £133m pay and contract deal, pending a union vote.  Planned strike action by resident doctors, originally scheduled for next week, has been cancelled. The British Medical Association (BMA), which represents resident doctors, will now ballot members on the new £133m government offer. The deal would provide pay increases averaging around 8% over two years. I…