Joint RCoA and the Association of Anaesthetists 2018 Trainee Salary Survey

The introduction of the new terms and conditions of the 2016 junior doctor contact in England highlighted many issues for anaesthetists in training, in particular that of pay. Following the 2017 August job changeover, the Royal College of Anaesthetists (College) and the Association of Anaesthetists (Association), were made aware of multiple issues surrounding pay for anaesthetists in training. 

In response, the College and the Association surveyed its trainee members to capture evidence of the scale of the problems. Thank you to all who completed the survey. The results were used to strengthen our joint engagement and advocacy work with national organisations such as NHS Employers, who developed the following resources to help.

Following our pressure we had a promise of improvements but we are aware that some of the issues raised in this 2017 survey remain a serious concern to both organisations and we would like to assess the size of this.

2018 Survey
Anaesthetists in training of the College and the Association are again being called upon to share their experiences of changes in the timeliness and accuracy of salary payments since the 2017 survey.

Please complete the online survey here.

Please complete the survey by 17:00, Monday 14 January 2019.

Next steps
Both the College and the Association will continue to raise the issue of late and incorrect payments with NHS Employers and use feedback from the 2018 survey to press for further change.

If you have any specific questions about the survey or would like to contact the College please email: training@rcoa.ac.uk

Dr Jamie Strachan                       Dr Sally El-Ghazali 

Trainee Member of Council          Chair, Trainee Committee
Royal College of Anaesthetists    Association of Anaesthetists