The new deal although offering an 11% base pay rise, takes away the overtime for unsocialble hours after 7pm weekdays and Saturday, which could effectively amount to a 20% pay cut for doctors. It is a highly demoralised plan to force through on Junior Doctors, I can't think of any private companies who could get away with this, because the company would lose their talent. Its taking advantage of the current crop of Junior Doctors who can not seek work outside of the UK as there is only one employer. Doctors who are training now would be wise to move abroad, which conversely will cause the NHS to hire doctors from abroad often on expensive locum rates. It does seem very unfair to force through a paycut, no other public service has had this put upon on them and in the mid to long term its likely to cause staff shortages.