§ 56. Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Seccretary of State for Social Services when she next proposes to meet representatives of the junior doctors to discuss their pay and conditions.
§ Mrs. CastleThe forum for such discussion is the Joint Negotiating Committee for Hospital Medical and Dental Staff, on which I am represented by my officials. The Committee met on 17th March. Other meetings between officials and junior doctors' representatives take
1st January 1972 1st January 1973 1st January 1974 1st January 1975 1st January 1976 Minimum of scale: Per annum … … … £4,512 £4,836 £5,085 £5,433 £7,536 Weekly … … … £86.76p £93£00p £97.78p £104.48p £144.92p Maximum of scale: Per annum … … … £6,840 £7,350 £7,599 £7,947 £10,689 Weekly … … … £131.53p £141.34p £146.13p £152.82p £205.55p Maximum with C award: Per annum … … … £8,136 £8,742 £8,991 £9,453 £12,714 Weekly … … … £156.46p £168.l1p £172.90p £181.78p £244.50p Maximum with B award: Per annum … … … £9,885 £10,623 £10,872 £11,487 £14,226* Weekly … … … £190.09p £204.28p £209.07p £220.90p £273.57p Maximum with A award: Per annum … … … £12,030 £12,927 £13,176 £13,977 £16,389* Weekly … … … £234.34p £248.59p £253.38p £268.78p £315.17p Maximum with A+ award: Per annum … … … £13,680 £14,700 £14,949 £15,894 £18,636* Weekly … … … £263.07p £282.69p £287.48p £305.65p £358.38p * These are the salaries currently applicable following staging of recent increases at salary levels about £13,000 a year. Notes:
1. The weekly figure has been arrived at by dividing the annual sum by 52.
2. In preparing these statistics, the assumption has been made that Distinction Awards are only given to consultants at the maximum of the scale.