Pay
NHS Salary Calculator
Useful for payslip checks, rota changes and job planning.
Free doctor toolkit
Practical tools for doctors, trainees and medical students
Quickly estimate pay, tax, annual leave, MSRA planning scores, rota workload and common clinical values with simple tools built around the real questions doctors ask.
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Pay, exam, leave
The most common planning questions doctors search for.
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Start with the tools doctors use most
Open a common planning tool in seconds, then move into the full list below when you want a more specific answer.
Study and exams
MSRA Study Planner
Turn your MSRA date into a calendar-style revision plan that tells you what to cover each day and how to recover if a day gets skipped.
MSRA
MSRA Score Predictor
Useful for tracking MSRA preparation progress.
Career and applications
CST Portfolio Score Calculator
Estimate the strength of a CST application portfolio and see where to improve before the next recruitment round.
Save a result or bookmark a tool when you are signed in. Public tools stay free and do not require login.
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Every free tool, grouped by the question you are solving
Use the categories below to jump straight to salary, recruitment, leave, study, rota, or clinical planning without hunting through the site.
Pay and tax
Estimate your take-home pay, deductions and tax position before rota changes, locum shifts or payroll queries.
Pay
NHS Salary Calculator
Estimate your monthly NHS take-home pay after tax, National Insurance, pension contributions and student loan deductions.
Useful for payslip checks, rota changes and job planning.
Tax
UK Doctor Tax Estimator
Estimate how salary, locum income, expenses, pension contributions and student loans may affect your annual and monthly take-home pay.
Useful when deciding whether extra shifts are worth it.
GP training
GP Trainee Pay Calculator
Estimate GP trainee take-home pay across hospital and GP placements, including the GP supplement where relevant.
Useful for ST1, ST2 and ST3 pay planning.
Pay and tax
Locum Pay Calculator
Estimate gross locum income, deductions, take-home pay, and effective hourly take-home for PAYE, umbrella, or simple gross planning.
Work out gross monthly locum income, likely deductions, and effective hourly take-home before you accept a shift or compare agency rates.
Pay and tax
LTFT Salary Calculator
Estimate LTFT gross pay, deductions, and take-home pay from a full-time NHS salary and your LTFT percentage.
Check how a less-than-full-time percentage changes your NHS salary, monthly take-home pay, and deductions before a rota or contract change.
Pay and tax
NHS Pension Estimator
Estimate annual NHS pension contributions and cumulative employee contributions across a planning period.
Use this educational estimator to see how annual NHS pension contributions can build over time if your salary and contribution rate stay broadly similar.
Pay and tax
Student Loan Repayment Calculator for Doctors
Estimate annual and monthly student loan repayments for doctors, including postgraduate loan settings and a simple threshold mode.
Check how much student loan repayment may come off your income, then see the effect on monthly take-home pay.
Pay and tax
NHS Payslip Explainer
Break down gross pay, tax, National Insurance, pension, and student loan deductions into a simple payslip summary.
Use this page to turn the common deductions on an NHS payslip into a clearer summary with simple percentages.
Pay and tax
Night Shift Pay Calculator
Estimate the uplift from night shift enhancements and the monthly impact on your gross pay.
Estimate the extra pay that night shifts bring, whether you start from an hourly rate or from an approximate annual salary.
Recruitment and leave
Plan exam preparation, applications and leave with quick summaries you can use alongside your rota or portfolio.
MSRA
MSRA Score Predictor
Combine your clinical and professional dilemmas scores to see a broad planning band and identify which paper needs more work.
Useful for tracking MSRA preparation progress.
Leave
Annual Leave Calculator
Work out how much annual leave and study leave you may have left, with a clean summary for planning around rota and exam dates.
Useful before booking leave or speaking to rota teams.
Career and applications
Planning tools for specialty applications, portfolio building, interview preparation, and recruitment timing.
Career and applications
CST Portfolio Score Calculator
Estimate the strength of a CST portfolio across commitment, publications, presentations, audits, teaching, leadership, prizes, qualifications, courses, and operative exposure.
Estimate the strength of a CST application portfolio and see where to improve before the next recruitment round.
Career and applications
IMT Portfolio Score Calculator
Estimate an IMT portfolio band from teaching, audits, presentations, publications, qualifications, leadership, achievements, and commitment to medicine.
Estimate the strength of an IMT portfolio and highlight the practical next steps that are most likely to move the score.
Career and applications
Specialty Competitiveness Explorer
Compare broad UK training specialties by competitiveness band, selection emphasis, lifestyle notes, and preparation priorities.
Compare broad specialties before you apply so you can focus on the right evidence, exam preparation, and interview style.
Career and applications
Interview Score Calculator
Estimate interview strength from clinical, portfolio, communication, professionalism, and management domains.
Estimate how a multi-station interview profile looks, then see which domain is pulling the result down the most.
Career and applications
Application Timeline Planner
Build a month-by-month plan for a specialty application, interview preparation, and portfolio milestones.
Turn an upcoming application into a practical month-by-month plan that keeps portfolio work, interview prep, and exam revision on track.
Study and exams
Planning tools for revision rhythm, question targets, countdowns, and exam-specific preparation.
Study and exams
MSRA Study Planner
Build a Google Calendar-style day-by-day MSRA study plan with weak-area checkboxes, priority mode, question targets and a clear skip-and-update flow.
Turn your MSRA date into a calendar-style revision plan that tells you what to cover each day and how to recover if a day gets skipped.
Study and exams
PLAB Study Planner
Build a Google Calendar-style PLAB study plan with official UK MLA / PLAB syllabus systems, weak-area checkboxes, question targets and a clear skip-and-update flow.
Turn your PLAB date into a practical calendar plan that balances content coverage, recall, and timed practice.
Study and exams
Question Target Calculator
Estimate daily and weekly question targets from your exam date, question bank size, study days, and review time.
Turn a question bank into a realistic daily and weekly target so you can plan completion without ignoring review.
Study and exams
Exam Countdown Planner
Track the days left to an exam and turn the countdown into a preparation phase with a simple focus.
Track the countdown to your exam and keep the next revision phase clear, calm, and practical.
Rota and leave
Planning tools for rota hours, study leave, on-call patterns, and schedule burden.
Rota and leave
Rota Hours Calculator
Estimate total rota hours, average weekly hours, and burden band from shift times, breaks, and shift count.
Check the total hours in a rota pattern and see whether the workload feels light, moderate, or heavy before you commit.
Rota and leave
Study Leave Calculator
Plan remaining study leave, booked leave, and exam or course dates in one simple summary.
Check how much study leave is left, what has already been used, and whether the remaining balance is enough for the next exam or course.
Rota and leave
On-call Frequency Calculator
Estimate how often on-calls, weekends, and nights appear in a rota cycle and how heavy the pattern feels.
Check the frequency of on-calls in a rota cycle and see whether the burden feels light, moderate, or heavy.
Clinical calculators
Educational clinical calculators for revision, teaching, and quick sense checks.
Clinical calculators
ABG Interpreter
Interpret pH, pCO2, and bicarbonate in a teaching-focused ABG summary with compensation hints and a safety disclaimer.
Check an ABG in a quick, teaching-focused way so you can think about the likely acid-base pattern before senior review.
Clinical calculators
Corrected Calcium Calculator
Calculate albumin-adjusted calcium and see whether the result sits in a low, normal, or high planning band.
Check a corrected calcium quickly for revision or bedside teaching, while remembering that local reference ranges can differ.
Clinical calculators
Anion Gap Calculator
Calculate the anion gap with or without potassium and see whether the result sits in a low, normal, or high planning band.
Estimate the anion gap quickly so you can think about whether a metabolic acidosis looks high gap, normal gap, or low.
Clinical calculators
NEWS2 Calculator
Calculate a NEWS2 score from standard observations and see the likely risk band with an escalation reminder.
Enter the common observations and get a NEWS2 score with a simple risk band and reminder to follow local policy.
Built around real doctor questions
Doctors often need quick, reliable estimates before making practical decisions about pay, rota planning, leave, revision or applications.
- Check salary, tax and take-home pay before comparing payslips or locum shifts.
- Plan MSRA preparation, portfolio work and study time with clearer numbers.
- Use clinical calculators as fast revision aids and sense checks.
More tools for your working week
The toolkit also includes practical support for portfolio planning, interview preparation, rota workload, study planning and clinical revision.
- Career tools help you prepare for applications, interviews and portfolio reviews.
- Study tools turn an exam date into a realistic revision plan.
- Clinical tools help with quick calculations, teaching and revision checks.
Use the right tool for the question
Start with the decision you need to make, then use the result as a planning guide before checking any official local policy or guidance.
- Use pay tools when you want a take-home pay or deduction estimate.
- Use career tools when preparing applications, interviews or portfolio evidence.
- Use study and clinical tools when you need quick revision support.
FAQ
Common questions about the tools
These answers stay short so you can check the basics quickly before moving back into revision.
Yes. The Doctor Toolkit is free to use and is designed for doctors, trainees and medical students who need quick planning estimates.
No. They provide estimates only. Your actual pay can vary because of tax codes, rota enhancements, pension settings, local payroll rules and personal circumstances.
Yes. The tools are designed to be quick and readable on mobile, tablet and desktop.
Yes. Several tools support MSRA planning, study scheduling, portfolio preparation and clinical revision.
Related pages
Related tools and pages
These links keep the next step close at hand so you can move from planning back into revision or further checking without losing your place.
MSRA revision
Practise clinical and professional judgement questions for MSRA preparation.
Free SJT assessment
Check your judgement approach with a short free assessment.
Revision plans
Compare Passmedex plans for MSRA, PLAB, SJT and medical school revision.
Career tools
Review portfolio, interview and specialty application planning tools.
Study tools
Create a practical revision plan around your exam date.
Clinical tools
Use quick clinical calculators for revision and teaching support.
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Use free UK doctor tools for NHS salary, take-home pay, GP trainee pay, MSRA planning, annual leave, tax, rota workload, portfolio checks and clinical revision.