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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.
