US EditionDoctors’ union says above-inflation pay rises aren’t enough as they threaten strike action
- Ministers announced a 4% pay rise for doctors and teachers in the UK following the latest public sector pay review in 2025.
- The raises follow recommendations by independent pay review bodies amid rising inflation, which reached 3.5% in April 2025.
- Doctors and teaching unions argue the increases do not fully restore past pay freezes and warn partial funding for teachers shifts costs to schools.
- Professor Philip Banfield said doctors’ pay remains about a quarter lower in real terms than 16 years ago, and the pay rise 'delays pay restoration even more.'
- Both doctors and teachers threaten strike action unless the government fully funds pay rises, warning of potential service cuts and workforce strain in schools and health services.
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·Montreal, Canada
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Dr Alan Stout, chair of the BMA’s Northern Ireland council, said the 4% “does not sufficiently address the years of pay erosion”, adding that it will be “deeply disappointing for doctors right across Northern Ireland”
·Belfast, United Kingdom
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