Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body report 2008
The government has announced that it is accepting in full the recommendations of the DDRB (Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body)
- Hospital doctors will receive a below inflation pay rise of 2.2%
- The average increase in resources for GP practices is estimated to be 0.2%, with most practices getting nothing and around 10% getting up to 2.7%
- First year junior doctors will not be compensated for the loss of their entitlement to free accommodation
Read more about the award and the BMA's reaction using the links below:
- The Review Body report may be downloaded in PDF format from the Office of Manpower Economics website
- Key facts of the DDRB award for 2008 -2009 from the BMA's Health Policy and Economic Research Unit
- GP trainers: Recommendations of the DDRB for 2008-09
- A letter from the General Practitioners Committee to GPC members and LMCs
- A letter from the Staff and Associate Specialists Committee to SAS members
- Press release: Doctors' sub-inflation pay awards are extremely disappointing, says BMA
- Press release from BMA Scotland: GP leader responds to DDRB announcement on doctors' pay awards
- BMA News today 7 April 2008: DDRB: anger at below-inflation pay awards - members, login to read the item
- BMA News today 7 April 2008: Juniors denied compensation for lost accommodation - members, login to read the item
- BMA News today 9 April 2008: Letter shows new doctors feel ‘cheated’ - members, login to read the item
- BMA News today 18 April 2008: BMA questions legal status of GP pay award - members, login to read the item