Motion or amendment: Junior Doctors’ Pay - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mr Doug Beattie MC on .
- MLA
- Mr Doug Beattie MC
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 20 May 2024
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Junior Doctors’ Pay”
- Heading
- Junior Doctors’ Pay - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 402137
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Text
Junior Doctors’ Pay - Amendment 1
Remove all after ‘health system in Northern Ireland’ and insert:
‘accepts that making junior doctor pay comparisons across the UK is misleading given the variable contracts in place which, in the instance of junior doctors locally, equates to lower basic rates of pay but higher additional payments such as banding allowances; welcomes the decision of the Minister of Health to deliver, in full, the recommendations of the independent Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration and deliver an above inflation average pay increase of 9.07 per cent for junior doctors, with those in their first year receiving a 10.68 per cent uplift; notes that the broader junior doctor dispute, in which they are seeking an uplift in pay of over 30 per cent, is largely a national dispute that will be resolved at a national level; notes that committing towards full pay restoration would see junior doctors receive far greater increases in pay than other HSC and public sector colleagues; further recognises the decision of junior doctors to stage two further 48-hour walk outs in the coming days will cause serious disruption to patient care at a time of already significant and prolonged stress on services; and calls on the Minister of Health to continue to engage with the British Medical Association regarding junior doctor pay, including taking account of agreements reached elsewhere.’
229 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.04 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.94).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
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Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.04 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.05 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.05 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.94 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.04 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.94 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.04 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.01 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 08:55 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9. The text was identical to an already-assessed record, so the same answers were reused.
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