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The BMA will ballot consultants in Northern Ireland on industrial action from next week, doctors’ leaders have announced.
A five week ballot will open on 7 May after talks between representatives from the BMA Northern Ireland Consultants Committee and the devolved Department of Health failed to yield progress.
The talks were held in response to the committee’s concerns over the continuing erosion of consultants’ pay, the effect …