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The one year out of med school doc:

spoilerBasic £30k, with overtime and deductions, £37000

The speciality registrar:

spoilerBasic £58k, but less than that as they aren't full time?

This story could have been a lot clearer.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Junior doctors in England are starting their fifth round of strike action with no sign of a breakthrough in their bitter pay dispute with the government.

The doctors' union, the BMA, made headlines earlier this year when it said pay had fallen so far behind inflation that its members would be better off serving coffee than treating patients.

Dr Kiran Rahim qualified from medical school in 2011 and now treats sick children as a paediatric registrar - one of the most experienced junior doctor grades.

Kiran has taken three years out to have children herself, and is now working part-time while she looks after her young family, meaning her training - and her time as a junior doctor - has been "elongated".

For an average three-day week, she is paid a basic salary before tax of roughly £3,315 a month - or just under £28 an hour - which is the same rate as a full-time doctor.

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