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Junior doctors' contract

Documents, news and correspondence on the background issues surrounding the junior doctors' contract.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 26 November 2015
• Last updated: 5 May 2016
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  1. 5 May 2016

     Added the Secretary of State's letter to the Chair of the Academy of Royal Colleges

  2. 11 February 2016

     Added Jeremy Hunt's 11 February oral statement to Parliament

  3. 1 February 2016

     Updated to reflect position on 1 February.

  4. 4 January 2016

     Updated to reflect the position on 4 January 2016

  5. 30 November 2015

     Added latest oral statement

  6. 26 November 2015

     First published.

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

The documents, letters, speeches and news stories below set out how the situation around the junior doctors’ contract has developed.

Documents and correspondence

• Health Secretary writes to Chair of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
  • 5 May 2016
  • Correspondence
• Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's letters to JDC Chair Johann Malawana
  • 19 April 2016
  • Correspondence
• Junior doctors' contract: equality analysis and family test
  • 18 February 2019
  • Guidance
• Jeremy Hunt writes to Mark Porter
  • 1 February 2016
  • Correspondence
• Summary information from letter to all junior doctors
  • 8 January 2016
  • Correspondence
• Secretary of State for Health writes to Chair of the BMA
  • 4 January 2016
  • Correspondence
• Health Secretary writes to Dr Mark Porter, Chair of the BMA
  • 25 November 2015
  • Correspondence
• DDRB remit letter: 2016 to 2017 pay round
  • 9 November 2015
  • Correspondence
• Junior doctors' contract offer: main points
  • 4 November 2015
  • Policy paper
• Special remit letter of 30 October 2014 from Department of Health
  • 4 November 2014
  • Correspondence
• Supplementary evidence for the review body on doctors and dentists remuneration: review for 2013
  • 17 December 2012
  • Independent report

News and speeches

• NHS 7 day services and the junior doctors' strike
  • 25 April 2016
  • Oral statement to Parliament
• Independent review of junior doctors' morale, training and support
  • 12 February 2016
  • News story
• Jeremy Hunt updates Parliament on the junior doctors' contract
  • 11 February 2016
  • Oral statement to Parliament
• Junior doctor contract negotiations
  • 6 September 2016
  • News story
• Statement on junior doctors' contract
  • 30 November 2015
  • Oral statement to Parliament
• Response to junior doctors' vote for industrial action
  • 19 November 2015
  • Government response
• Response to Johann Malawana's claim on junior doctors' forum
  • 6 November 2015
  • Government response
• Junior doctors' contract offer
  • 4 November 2015
  • News story
• Junior doctors' contract
  • 4 November 2015
  • Written statement to Parliament
• Making healthcare more human-centred and not system-centred
  • 16 July 2015
  • Speech