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Resident Doctors Pay scale

Pay scale and pay premia information for Resident Doctors and Dentists in training.

    StR Pay scale

    Effective 1st April 2024

    London allowance is payable to those working in London, and in spaces immediately bordering London, such as Dorking and Wickford at the following rates:

    • £5,125 per annum (points 1 to 5) with effect from 1 August 2024
    • £4,613 per annum (points 6 onwards) with effect from 1 August 2024

    Clinical Status: non-consultant in training (Resident Doctor).

    StR Scale

    £ per annum


    1st April 2022

    £ per annum


    1st April 2023

    £ per annum


    1st April 2023

    (updated Oct 2024)

    £ per annum


    1st April 2024

    (updated Oct 2024)

    135,85839,26040,71644,159
    238,74642,32143,89147,524
    340,49244,17145,81049,559
    442,59846,40448,12552,013
    544,70548,63750,44254,468
    646,81250,87152,75856,923
    748,91853,10355,07359,377
    851,02555,33657,38961,833
    953,13257,57059,70664,288
    10**58,702*63,47465,82970,779
    11**63,423*68,47871,01976,280
    12**68,139*73,47776,20381,775

    * Contribution points

    Point 9 on the UCL StR pay scale is the top point of the corresponding NHS StR pay scale. Therefore, employees in receipt of NHS Banding Supplements will have these payments capped at point 9.


    Resident Doctors Pay scale, including Dentists in training.

    There is no automatic, annual pay progression on this scale as progression is linked to stage of training.

    London allowance is payable to those working in London, and in spaces immediately bordering London, such as Dorking and Wickford at the following rates:

    • £5,125 per annum up to ST5 (Nodal 4) with effect from 1 August 2024
    • £4,613 per annum from ST6 (Nodal 5) onwards with effect from 1 August 2024

    Clinical Status: non-consultant in training (Resident Doctor).

    Stage of NHS TrainingNodal point

    £ per annum

    1 April 2022

    £ per annum

    1 April 2023 

    (old deal)

    £ per annum

    1 April 2023

    (2024 pay deal- updated Oct 2024)

    £ per annum

    1 April 2024

    (updated Oct 2024)

    FY1  129,38432,39833,60036,616
    FY2  234,01237,30338,68742,008
    CT1 or ST1 / SpR1 
      3
    40,25743,92346,14149,909
    CT2 or ST2 / SpR2
    CT3 or ST3 / SpR3   451,017

    55,329

    57,38261,825
    ST4 / SpR4
    ST5 / SpR5
    ST6 / SpR6   558,39863,15265,49570,425
    ST7 / SpR7
    ST8 / SpR8

    Notes:

    • In dental specialities only, Specialty Training begins at ST1, therefore all dentists in Dental Specialty Training (ST1 onwards) going on to the JDPS scale should be placed on Nodal point 4
    • Nodal point 5 was only applicable from 1 October 2020.

    Pay Premia

    The below pay premia may also be applicable (Resident Doctors Pay scale only). 

    Name of premiaApplicable training programmeEligibility

    Full-time, annual value (£)

    April 2022

    Full-time, annual value (£)

    April 2023

    Full-time, annual value (£)

    April 2023 

    (updated Oct 2024)

    Full-time, annual value (£)

    April 2024

    (updated Oct 2024)

    Hard to fill training programmesGeneral PracticePayable to ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4 during general practice placements only.9,1449,69310,08610,691
     Psychiatry Core TrainingPayable to Psychiatry Core Trainees.3,7183,9414,1014,347
     Psychiatry Higher Training 3 year higher training programme: 3,7183 year higher training programme: 3,9413 year higher training programme: 4,1013 year higher training programme: 4,347
      4 year higher training programme: 2,7894 year higher training programme: 2,9564 year higher training programme: 3,0764 year higher training programme: 3,260
     Psychiatry Higher trainingPayable to ST4 and above only.Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. 
     Emergency MedicinePayable to ST4 and above only.Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. 
    Dual qualification – OMFSOral and Maxillofacial Surgery, as per paragraph 39-41 of Schedule 2 of the TCSPayable to ST3 and above only.Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. 
    AcademiaAs per paragraphs 33-38 of Schedule 2 of the TCSUpon return to training following successful completion of higher degree.4,4614,7294,9215,216
    HistopathologyHistopathologyPayable to trainees in ST1 and above only4,4614,7294,9215,216
    LTFT (Less than full time) allowanceN/AAll LTFT trainees under the 2016 TCS, for as long as they continue to train LTFT (unless they receive the transitional pay premium) receive £1000£1,000£1,000£1,000£1,000

    For more information about pay premia visit the BMA webpage Understanding your payslip - junior doctors on the 2016 contract

    Table 2

    Length of training programme*Full-time annual value (£) 2021Full-time annual value (£) 2022Full-time annual value (£) 2023
    3 years7,2897,4357,881
    4 years5,4675,5775,911
    5 years4,3744,4614,729
    6 years3,6453,7183,941
    7 years3,1243,1873,378
    8 years2,7342,7892,956

    * This is the length of the eligible training programme as specified by the curriculum,it is not the number of years that any particular trainee has remaining on their eligible training programme. For more details please see Pay and Conditions Circular (M&D)