Junior doctors can ‘make more serving coffee than saving patients’.

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Needs context: The BMA chose to compare one complicated pay packet to another so there needs to be more context given with this statement. Junior doctors have a basic wage of £29,384, equivalent to £14.09 per hour for a 40-hour week, which is supplemented by payments for working antisocial hours and weekend shifts as well as an allowance if they work an on-call rota. Meanwhile not all baristas at Pret a Manger can earn £14.10 an hour, this is the top end wage based on their location, experience and a potential weekly bonus. The BMA’s analysis on doctor pay is based on basic pay and does not take into account any additional payments – if it were to compare a Pret barista wage on the same basis, the basic barista wage ranges from £11.20 to £12.85 per hour.

Reviewed by PA Media ↗ · March 15, 2023