Senior doctors in England have reached a pay deal with the government, bringing a year-long dispute to an end.

The accepted offer includes a 2.85 percent (£3,000) uplift for those who have been consultants between four and seven years, who under the original offer received no additional uplift, said the British Medical Association (BMA).

The offer is in addition to the six percent awarded during the profession’s pay review body (DDRB) process last summer.

The BMA said its members in England voted in favour by 83 percent, describing the offer as an improvement on one rejected earlier this year.

The offer includes important changes to the DDRB, which represents “significant progress” in returning the pay review body to its “original purpose and independence”, the BMA said.