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Junior (resident) doctors in the UK are paid on structured NHS scales that vary by training grade, location and extra “enhancements” for nights, weekends and on‑call; basic pay for junior doctors rang...
Junior (resident) doctors’ basic pay in England after the 2024–25 and 2025–26 settlements ranges roughly from about £32,397–£38,831 at the most junior points up to about £63,162 for senior trainees, w...
Five‑year survival for bowel cancer in the UK is commonly reported around 60% for cases diagnosed in the 2010–2014 and similar recent periods; Cancer Research UK data show five‑year survival varying b...
England’s new junior doctor contract has produced higher headline basic pay points (for example FY1 ~£36,616 quoted for England) while Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland mostly remain on the older 2...
Junior (resident) doctors’ basic NHS pay ranges from about £32,397–£63,162 depending on grade, with average first‑year full‑time earnings near £41,300 and specialty registrars averaging around £71,300...
Multiple reputable fact‑checking organisations — including Full Fact, the BBC/major news fact‑checkers, Channel 4 News’ FactCheck and international outlets such as Reuters and AP acting in a fact‑chec...
The official NHS England release "Cancer survival in England, cancers diagnosed 2016 to 2020, followed up to 2021" publishes stage‑specific 1‑ and 5‑year net survival estimates for bowel (colon/rectum...
Since 2023 there have been two main sets of applied pay decisions for junior doctors: the 2023 pay-review implementation accepted by government which delivered a consolidated 6% uplift plus a £1,250 p...
From 1 April 2025 the agreed pay award for resident (junior) doctors was a headline 4% uplift to basic pay plus a one‑off £750 payment, producing an average increase of about 5.4% for resident doctors...