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Crunching the data: are resident doctors in England badly paid?

Michael Goodier

created: July 12, 2025, 3 p.m. | updated: July 13, 2025, 5:39 a.m.

Resident doctors in England have voted to strike for five days from 25 July, reigniting one of the NHS’s most bitter industrial disputes. Or a necessary step on the path to restore doctor’s pay? But resident doctors have had it worse than most. However, resident doctors’ pay was still down 10.2% as of March this year. It’s impossible to compare the salary of resident doctors to other countries because different healthcare systems involve different training programmes.

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