Resident doctors have accepted a pay offer that brings to an end years of strikes that inflicted misery on patients and cost the NHS billions of pounds.
The British Medical Association said its members had voted in favour of the deal, which is worth an extra 6.6 per cent this year.
It means the medics – previously known as junior doctors – will be earning 35.2 per cent more on average than four years ago, with some taking home more than £100,000 a year before they even qualify as a consultant.
Health Secretary James Murray described the development as ‘very good news for
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