Doctors hit by ‘30% pay cut since 2008’

DOCTORS have suffered a realterms pay cut of 30% since 2008, medics have said, as they vowed to work to achieve pay restoration.

One medic warned that “it’s likely that industrial action will be required to move governments on this issue”.

Members at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) annual meeting in Brighton said that doctors’ pay has fallen against RPI since 2008 to the tune of up to 30%, which represents “career earnings loss amounting to millions of pounds” to each doctor.

One consultant described how she is “struggling to survive” as a single parent.

“Pay restoration is the right, just and moral thing to do, but it is a significant demand and it won’t be easy to win,” said Dr Emma Runswick, presenting the motion to the conference.