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04/06/2024
Health Service Disruption Expected In Latest Strike Action
The Department of Health has warned of potential further disruption to health services due to the latest strike action called by the BMA Junior Doctors' Committee.
This will run from 7am on Thursday 06 June to 7am on Saturday 08 June.
Patients are advised to expect widespread disruption to normal services.
Health & Social Care (HSC) Trust websites will provide more information later this week on affected service areas.
When the ballot for this industrial action was launched, junior doctors, like the rest of Northern Ireland's health service staff, had received no pay award for 2023/24.
This is no longer the case. A backdated 2023/24 pay award for junior doctors will be paid this month, with its terms in line with the recommendations of the national pay review body, the DDRB.
This pay award involves an average pay increase of 9.07% for junior doctors in Northern Ireland, with those in their first year receiving a 10.68% uplift.
This will run from 7am on Thursday 06 June to 7am on Saturday 08 June.
Patients are advised to expect widespread disruption to normal services.
Health & Social Care (HSC) Trust websites will provide more information later this week on affected service areas.
When the ballot for this industrial action was launched, junior doctors, like the rest of Northern Ireland's health service staff, had received no pay award for 2023/24.
This is no longer the case. A backdated 2023/24 pay award for junior doctors will be paid this month, with its terms in line with the recommendations of the national pay review body, the DDRB.
This pay award involves an average pay increase of 9.07% for junior doctors in Northern Ireland, with those in their first year receiving a 10.68% uplift.
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