Pay & Contracts

Read news stories, features and analysis below about the latest developments in healthcare from the award winning team of journalists at The Doctor magazine

BMA secures strike doctors a rebate

Excessive pay deductions imposed in Northern Ireland after resident doctor strike in March

Pay & Contracts By Jennifer Trueland

Locally-employed doctors ‘should be properly paid’

BMA to push for greater levels of membership among cohort

Ben Ireland 25.06.25

BMA secures strike doctors a rebate

Excessive pay deductions imposed in Northern Ireland after resident doctor strike in March

By Jennifer Trueland 04.06.25

Attracted to other shores

Many final- and penultimate-year students in Northern Ireland are considering starting their careers elsewhere, a survey shows. Jennifer Trueland talks to them about their disillusionment with the healthcare system and their motivation for leaving their country behind

By Jennifer Trueland 21.05.25

GPs furious with GMS contract imposition

Health minister claims cupboard is bare at end of pay negotiations

By Jennifer Trueland 20.05.25

BMA announces strike ballot on pay for resident doctors

Government fails to commit to pay restoration forcing doctors leaders to take further industrial action

By Tim Tonkin 02.05.25

Resident doctors re-enter pay dispute with government

Members urged to get ‘ballot-ready’ following delay to DDRB pay recommendation

By Ben Ireland 09.04.25

Medical students demand government ‘fix our funding’

Nine in 10 face financial pressures and 40 per cent consider dropping out or pause in study

By Ben Ireland 20.03.25

Pay recommendation victory for doctors

Northern Ireland will see a pay rise in full, in line with all UK nations

By Jennifer Trueland 12.02.25