Policy paper

DHSC evidence for the DDRB: pay round 2022 to 2023

Evidence submitted to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) by the Department of Health and Social Care for the 2022 to 2023 pay round.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 23 February 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the Review Body for Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB) for the 2022 to 2023 pay round

PDF, 1.26 MB, 130 pages

Details

The DDRB has been asked to make pay recommendations for the pay round 2022 to 2023 on uplifts for consultants, the minimum and maximum pay ranges for salaried GPs and on the pay element of dentists employed by, or providing services to, the NHS.

For the pay round 2022 to 2023 the DDRB is not being asked for pay recommendations for doctors and dentists in training or general medical practitioners. This is because pay for these groups is already agreed through multi-year pay and contract reform deals.

For specialty doctors and associate specialists (SAS), a multi-year pay and contract reform deal was agreed with the British Medical Association in 2020. As SAS doctors were given the choice to transfer over to the new contract, the DDRB has been asked to make a recommendation on pay for SAS doctors for 2021 to 2022 who choose not to transfer.

In making its observations and recommendations, the DDRB takes evidence from:

• the 4 UK governments
• the British Medical Association
• the British Dental Association
• NHS England and Improvement
• NHS Employers
• other interested parties

Published 23 February 2022