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NHS Scotland consultants pay offer

£124.9 million investment in consultants pay for 2024-25.

Consultants across Scotland have been offered a £124.9 million investment in their pay and reward package ensuring it is competitive with other UK nations.

The offer, if accepted by trade unions, will see the investment applied as a 10.5% uplift to basic pay and an investment of £5.7 million in other contractual elements.

It will be backdated to 1 April 2024.

Health Secretary Neil Gray yesterday said:

“Following weeks of constructive engagement with BMA Scotland, I am pleased to propose a pay offer that will ensure that our consultant workforce feel valued, supported and fairly rewarded.

“This will bring Scotland back into line with recent pay deals in other parts of the UK, ensuring our NHS remains competitive when recruiting and retaining consultants.

“I wish to thank our consultants for their dedication and patience. They are a critical part of NHS Scotland’s workforce and we are committed to supporting them.

“BMA will now put this to their members and I hope the unions will accept our offer.”

BACKGROUND

A total of £124.9 million has been committed for consultants' pay in 2024-25. This will be distributed as a 10.5% pay uplift for all consultants with £5.7 million invested to uplift Discretionary Points from £3204 to £3600 per point.

Examples of basic pay increases for 2024-25:

  • consultants on pay point 3 will receive £11,015
  • consultants on pay point 9 will receive £12,059
  • consultants on pay point 14 will receive £12,794

New Proposed 2024-25 Pay Scale

Pay Point

2023/24 Pay Scale

Proposed 2024/25 Pay Scale

% Uplift

£ Uplift

0

£96,963

£107,144

10.50%

£10,181

1

£99,011

£109,407

10.50%

£10,396

2

£101,957

£112,662

10.50%

£10,705

3

£104,906

£115,921

10.50%

£11,015

4

£107,846

£119,170

10.50%

£11,324

5

£107,846

£119,170

10.50%

£11,324

6

£107,846

£119,170

10.50%

£11,324

7

£107,846

£119,170

10.50%

£11,324

8

£107,846

£119,170

10.50%

£11,324

9

£114,846

£126,905

10.50%

£12,059

10

£114,846

£126,905

10.50%

£12,059

11

£114,846

£126,905

10.50%

£12,059

12

£114,846

£126,905

10.50%

£12,059

13

£114,846

£126,905

10.50%

£12,059

14

£121,846

£134,640

10.50%

£12,794

15

£121,846

£134,640

10.50%

£12,794

16

£121,846

£134,640

10.50%

£12,794

17

£121,846

£134,640

10.50%

£12,794

18

£121,846

£134,640

10.50%

£12,794

19

£128,841

£142,369

10.50%

£13,528

 

Channel website: http://www.gov.scot/

Original article link: https://www.gov.scot/news/nhs-scotland-consultants-pay-offer/

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