HCSA resident doctors have voted to accept the government pay offer by 69.3%.

This means that HCSA resident doctors in England will receive the following:

• An uplift equivalent to 6% + £1,000 consolidated into pay, with a lump sum backdated to 1st April 2024
  
  
• An additional uplift of between 3.71% and 5.05% dependant on pay scale, with a lump sum backdated to 1st April 2023.

It is expected that uplifts and backpay will be in November pay packets.

Work will also begin on reforms to exception reporting, rotations and training numbers. HCSA is clear that this process must have input from resident doctors to produce outcomes that are both significant and meaningful. HCSA is seeking to influence this in order to achieve the best outcome for members. 

Reforms to the DDRB process negotiated by HCSA through the consultant pay negotiations will come into effect for the 2025–26 pay round. HCSA will monitor their effectiveness in leading to fairer outcomes for doctors and a tangible path to pay restoration.

Chair of HCSA Resident Doctors’ Committee, Dr Karim Salem, commented “HCSA members have participated in a historic 39 days of strike action with our dispute spanning 18 months. We must now move forward with the same clarity and sense of purpose.

“The cause of full pay restoration must remain a key guiding principle in our approach. This offer draws a line under the immediate dispute, but our ability to influence the government will be tested further in years to come. We must build on this success.”

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Results of voting:

Turnout - 48.7%
Accept  -  69.3%
Reject   - 30.7%