SAS doctor in England pay offer rejected
The BMA has rejected a pay offer to SAS doctors in England, following a referendum of the membership where 62.3% of respondents stated the proposed deal did not go far enough.
Following the formal rejection, the BMA conducted a survey of SAS doctors to analyse the result in more depth. Well over 1,000 individuals responded, with a clear consensus that the offer was inadequate on pay and this is the biggest issue for SAS doctors.
Representatives from the committee then met with the minister of state for health and social care, and following this have re-entered negotiations with the Government, with the aim of improving the offer for all SAS doctors. The committee has made it clear that progress needs to be made rapidly to avoid further escalation of the campaign.
While the SAS committee has not made a call for any industrial action yet, SAS grade doctors (including locally employed ones) currently have a mandate for taking strike action. SAS doctors can stay prepared by joining the BMA and updating their membership details, to ensure they don’t miss any important updates on the campaign.
Strike ballot results
Thank you to all our SAS members for delivering a firm YES and standing up for their worth, to be fairly paid and fully valued.
The SAS doctors’ ballot on industrial action closed on 18 December and the results are as follows:
- Turnout: 52.79%
- Number entitled to vote: 5,204
- Number of votes cast in the ballot: 2,747
- Number of YES votes: 2,570 (93.76%)
- Number of NO votes: 171 (6.24%)
- Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned: 6
The specialist grade doctors’ ballot on industrial action closed on 8 January and the results are as follows:
- Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot: 235
- Number of votes cast in the ballot: 137
- Votes cast in the ballot as a percentage of individuals who were entitled to vote: 58.30%
- Number of spoilt or otherwise invalid voting papers returned: 0
- Yes: 129 (94.16%)
- No: 8 (5.84%)
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