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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lauren Gilmour

Junior doctors in Scotland to be balloted for strike action

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Junior doctors will be balloted for strike action from late March, the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland has confirmed.

BMA Scotland’s junior doctor committee is in formal dispute with the Scottish Government over what the union says is 15 years of pay erosion and sees a junior doctor earning 23.5% less than if they were doing the same job in 2008.

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