Get the facts on junior doctors

3 May 2023

Comparison of junior doctors’ pay with baked beans prices lacks context

Most junior doctors are paid more than the equivalent of ten tins per hour, even if you only consider basic pay.

26 April 2023

How do junior doctors’ pay demands compare with MPs’ recent salary rises?

Some claims made during the recent strike used a mix of cash-terms and real-terms figures.

19 April 2023

Official death data doesn’t tell us whether junior doctors’ strikes cost lives

A Telegraph article claimed that strikes were a factor behind a spike in deaths in England. But a similar spike occurred in Wales, where there were no strikes.

15 March 2023

The average junior doctor gets paid more than £14 an hour

A BMA advertisement says that a junior doctor makes just £14.09 per hour. This might be true in some cases, but on average junior doctors earn much more.

5 February 2018

Are junior doctors paid enough to get a UK visa?

In December 2017, a non-EEA junior doctor needed to be earning £55,000 in order to get a visa for the UK.

10 October 2017

What is a junior doctor?

Junior doctors make up almost half of all doctors in hospitals in England, and can have up to ten years of practical medical experience.

21 October 2016

The cost of training a doctor

The government estimates that it costs £230,000 overall to get the average student through medical school. “The taxpayer” doesn’t pay for all of this because some comes in student loans.

29 September 2016

Junior doctors' contracts: an introduction to the dispute

Members of the British Medical Association voted against the junior doctors contract agreed in May. The government will introduce the contract from October.

22 September 2016

The new junior doctors’ contract and their reaction

We’ve looked into some of the elements included in the new junior doctors’ contract, including pay and working hours, and the junior doctors’ response.

9 September 2016

Are 125,000 operations predicted to be cancelled?

Although reports have varied, the government and health bosses are now agreed that around 125,000 operations are expected to be cancelled over junior doctors’ strikes between September and December.

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Comparison of junior doctors’ pay with baked beans prices lacks context

How do junior doctors’ pay demands compare with MPs’ recent salary rises?

Official death data doesn’t tell us whether junior doctors’ strikes cost lives

The average junior doctor gets paid more than £14 an hour

Are junior doctors paid enough to get a UK visa?

What is a junior doctor?

The cost of training a doctor

Junior doctors' contracts: an introduction to the dispute

The new junior doctors’ contract and their reaction

Are 125,000 operations predicted to be cancelled?

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