Junior doctors in Scotland offered cumulative 14.5% pay rise

British Medical Association to put government offer to hospital doctors, who had voted to take strike action

Hospital doctors in Scotland have been offered a cumulative 14.5% pay rise in a fresh attempt by Scottish ministers to avert highly disruptive strikes.

Junior doctors had voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in Scotland for the first time after rejecting the original Scottish government offer, in a dispute closely mirroring the industrial action by doctors in English hospitals.