{"value":{"id":1832575,"askingMemberId":5055,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-09-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-09-08T00:00:00","uin":"75268","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver a pay restoration framework for resident doctors.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4444,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-10-01T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Each year the Government allows the independent Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body (DDRB) to make recommendations on headline pay for doctors, including resident doctors.</p><p>In May 2025, the Government announced the 2025/26 pay awards for National Health Service staff in England, accepting the headline pay recommendations of the DDRB, for consultants, specialty and specialist doctors, and resident doctors for the 2025/26 period.</p><p>Resident doctors received one of the highest pay awards of the entire public sector this year, meaning an average 28.9% pay rise compared to three years ago.</p><p>The DDRB has been remitted and the process for 2026/27 pay is already under way.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Doctors: Pay","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1832575","method":"GET"}]}