Pay award is labelled ‘a slap in the face’

A 2.8% general uplift in pay for consultants’ NHS work, backdated to April and payable next month, has been criticised by the BMA as ‘a metaphorical slap in the face’.

Dr Rob Harwood

Its consultants’ leader Dr Rob Harwood said the Government had put billions of pounds into business and industry to help keep the economy afloat during the pandemic but had shown unwillingness to do the same for those on the pandemic’s front line.