Hospital consultants in England reject government pay offer

Move could lead to further strikes in NHS as senior doctors vote 51% to 49% to reject pay rise

Hospital consultants in England have narrowly rejected the government’s improved pay offer, in a move that could lead to further strikes in the NHS.

In a referendum run by the British Medical Association, consultants voted by 51% to 49% against a deal that would have given them an extra 4.95% pay rise on average for the last three months of the 2023-24 financial year, on top of the 6% award for the year that they have already received.