The 2010 DDRB report in full
The Government has chosen not to implement the DDRB findings but to award an uplift of 0.8%. How this will be split is still under negotiation. This is from the NHSE "In line with the DDRB's recommendations, the Government has now asked NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee to discuss how the uplift might be applied differentially across the contract, to further erode the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG).
If an agreement is not reached, the suggested DDRB uplift will apply
- half of 0.8 per cent will be split evenly - in proportion to their current relative spend - across the global sum, MPIG, the Quality and Outcomes Framework, enhanced services and locum payments
- the remaining money will be invested in the global sum, with any money that is released from the correction factor recycled into the global sum."
Dr Hamish Meldrum BMA Chair has responded thus
"The BMA is disappointed that the government has chosen to overrule some of the recommendations of the independent pay review body. We are well aware of the financial climate in which this decision is being made, but the independent pay review body took these factors into account in coming to its recommendations.
Many doctors have already undergone pay freezes or sub-inflation pay rises in recent years and today's announcement will mean a pay freeze for the most highly experienced senior doctors.
We are particularly disappointed that the Government, in choosing to interfere with the pay review body's recommendations, has not fully taken into account the financial pressures on junior doctors in their first years of postgraduate training - who have average debts of £22,000.
The government has also scaled back the uplift that was essential to counter increases in GPs' expenses, which has resulted in another pay cut for family doctors.
It is interesting that the Government accepted in full the salary increases recommended for MPs, yet chose to penalise dedicated and hard-working doctors who strive to lead and deliver improvements in care whilst working in exceptionally challenging circumstances."
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