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Pay will be 35.2% higher on average compared with four years ago after series of strikes that have cost NHS £1bn
Resident doctors in England have voted to accept a new government deal on pay and jobs, bringing an end to strike action that has cost the NHS £1bn since last summer.
It comes after the British Medical Association called off a strike at the last minute earlier this month to put the offer to members.
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