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Consultants in England to be balloted on industrial action next month

BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p234 (Published 31 January 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:p234
  1. Elisabeth Mahase
  1. The BMJ

The BMA will launch a consultative ballot of consultants in England next month, to see whether industrial action over pay and the pensions crisis could be on the table. Though the ballot won’t be legally binding, the results will be used to determine whether a statutory ballot on strike action should go ahead.

The average consultant in England has experienced a real terms cut in take home pay of nearly 35% since 2008-09, the …

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