Consultant campaigns

Consultants are fighting unfair pay and pension tax. Find out about our campaigns for them.
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Consultants in England continue to re-ballot

An offer is now on the table. Find out what happens next.

The re-ballot of consultants in England will be open from 6 November until 18 December and will enable us to extend our strike mandate if needed.

Read about the offer
Current campaigns
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Fixing pay for consultants in England Consultants have seen their real-term take-home pay fall by over a third over the last 14 years. We're calling for this to change.
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Fixing pay for consultants in Wales Consultants pay in Wales has dropped by nearly a third in real-terms over the last 15 years. Now more than ever we need to restore pay.
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Fixing pay for consultants in Northern Ireland Our pay campaign for consultants in Northern Ireland.
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Preparing for industrial action action Resources and guidance for taking part in the campaign to fix consultants' pay.
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Consultant industrial action: SAS guidance Guidance for SAS doctors working during consultant industrial action in the NHS in 2023.
How you can get involved
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Consultant rate card Know your rights and how to charge for extra work outside of your contract.
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Share your story We are gathering experiences from consultants about health inequalities in the NHS. Share yours via our health inequalities portal.
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Become a consultant pay activist Sign up and join a network of thousands of consultants ready to fight for fair pay and pensions.
Wins for consultants
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On the ground: stand up for your rights A consultant was told his contract would be ending, but some in his trust may have been ignorant of his employment rights.
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On the ground: fractured relations A consultant, on sick leave after feeling she had been bullied, needed practical and emotional support.
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Recycling of employer contributions (REC) in Scotland A REC scheme certainly doesn’t resolve all the pensions issues, but it is at least a step in the right direction and something Scottish consultants have been campaigning on for years now.
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