ABSTRACT
Reports an error in "Pay gaps in medicine and the impact of COVID-19 on doctors' careers" by Carol Woodhams, Jane Dacre, Ira Parnerkar and Mukunda Sharma (The Lancet, 2021[Jan][9], Vol 397[10269], 79-80). In the original article, the affiliation for Mukunda Sharma has been corrected to "'Independent Consultant, London, UK". This correction was made to the online version also. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2021-07670-006). The letter discusses gender equality and the gender pay gap in medicine. Data shows that the total medical gender pay gap in England is 24.4% for hospital doctors, 33.5% for general practitioners, and 21.4% for clinical academics. The pay structure in UK medicine was designed for the health system of 1948, when the UK's National Health Service (NHS) was established, and has not kept up with the changes in women's position in society. These new data on the gender pay gap in UK medicine are likely to be mirrored internationally, the gap is fairly easy to measure in England because the NHS is a single employer. This review was undertaken before the COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts of the pandemic on doctors' pay gaps are not yet fully understood. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have sharpened the disadvantageous effects of work circumstances, especially for female and Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted inequalities in the medical workforce. Authors concern is that these inequalities have exacerbated gender pay gaps in medicine, especially for BAME women. Authors report makes recommendations to reduce the pay gap in medicine (panel), which will be beneficial for women and for BAME colleagues. A first step in this process is an analysis of ethnicity and intersectional pay gaps. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)