SAS 2021 Contract documentation and guidance

Date published: 20 July 2021

Last updated: 24 August 2023

The Department of Health (NI) together with the British Medical Association, the Department of Health and Social Care (England), as well as the Department of Health (Wales) have been working together since February 2020 to formally negotiate a revised Specialty Doctor grade and introduce a new Specialist Grade.

In January 2021, an agreement was reached for a reformed specialty doctor contract and a new specialist contract. 

In the section below you will find all of the agreed documents.

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