Written Question · S2W-14557 · Session 2
Whether it will respond to the next report of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will respond to the next report of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration.
The answer
The Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) have today published their Thirty
- Fourth Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration. I am grateful to the chairman and members of the review body for their hard work.
This year’s report deals primarily with general dental practitioners, doctors and dentists in training, non-consultant career grade doctors and medical and dental consultants who have chosen not to take up new contracts. For consultants taking up new contracts, general medical practitioners and the salaried primary dental care services, 2005-06 will be the third year of a three-year pay deal agreed as part of NHS pay modernisation.
The review body has recommended with effect from 1 April 2005 general increases in remuneration of 3% for doctors and dentists in training and for consultants who remain on the old contract; 3.225% for non-consultant career grade doctors; and an increase of 3.4% per cent in gross fees for general dental practitioners.
I am pleased to announce that the Scottish Executive is accepting the DDRB’s recommendations for 2005-06 in full and without staging. Copies of the DDRB report will be placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 35368).
- Fourth Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration. I am grateful to the chairman and members of the review body for their hard work.
This year’s report deals primarily with general dental practitioners, doctors and dentists in training, non-consultant career grade doctors and medical and dental consultants who have chosen not to take up new contracts. For consultants taking up new contracts, general medical practitioners and the salaried primary dental care services, 2005-06 will be the third year of a three-year pay deal agreed as part of NHS pay modernisation.
The review body has recommended with effect from 1 April 2005 general increases in remuneration of 3% for doctors and dentists in training and for consultants who remain on the old contract; 3.225% for non-consultant career grade doctors; and an increase of 3.4% per cent in gross fees for general dental practitioners.
I am pleased to announce that the Scottish Executive is accepting the DDRB’s recommendations for 2005-06 in full and without staging. Copies of the DDRB report will be placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 35368).
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-14557 by reference.