BDA: 100% hospital dentists backed industrial action
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- Published: Monday, 07 December 2015 07:56
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has responded to news that government appears to have relented in its bid to impose a new contract on hospital dentists and medics. The BDA had completed its own ballot on industrial action, with 100 per cent of voters backing it.
The dentists have now joined their medical colleagues in suspending plans for industrial action until further notice. Mick Armstrong, Chair of the British Dental Association, said: “Dentists have never taken industrial action before. Our members were never seeking to be pioneers, they just want what’s best for their patients and for practitioners, so we are pleased to see that 11th hour negotiations are finally making headway. The results of our own ballot were unambiguous. However we have always believed that genuine dialogue could achieve more than industrial action, and we are satisfied to suspend all planned action indefinitely.
“Government has helped break the deadlock by withdrawing its threat to impose a flawed contract. Like our medical colleagues, dentists never wanted to see this dispute get so far. Now that the single biggest obstacle has been removed we are cautiously optimistic that real progress is possible."
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