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Baroness Merron (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 December 2025

Debate

Resident Doctors: Industrial Action

Contribution

The noble Baroness has just made a very good case as to why the offer which has been rejected would have been so helpful. On the issue of pay, our door has remained open to the BMA and to reasonable, realistic solutions to resolving the dispute, on which we have been repeatedly clear. I know the noble Baroness did not say this, but I say more broadly that there can be no suggestion that the BMA was not aware that we can go no further on pay this year. Resident doctors have already had a good deal on pay—an average 28.9% rise over the last three years—but pay expectations have to take account of the fiscal position and the impact across the whole of the NHS and beyond. I am glad to hear that noble Lords are in agreement with that approach.

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