Analysis by the Nuffield Trust think tank shows that real earnings for resident doctors fell by 8.6% over the 14 years to March 2025 and by 10% for consultants. These decreases are more significant than the average of the public sector, which reached 6.9%. Earnings in other health groups also fell more than the public sector average, including ambulance staff by 8.1%, nurses by 10.7% and midwives by 13.5%. The analysis compared the actual earnings of doctors and other healthcare groups with the public and private sectors. The pay gap for resident physicians has been narrowing in recent years. Realistically, resident physicians in 2024-2025 are only 8.6% below 2011 levels.