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Mixed outcome on hospital doctors' strike ballot | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
Scotland's hospital consultants have voted against taking strike action, while their junior doctor colleagues have voted in favour. | |
The results of a three-week long ballot were published by BMA Scotland. | |
The association's ruling council will now study the figures before making a decision on the "next steps". | |
The ballot was called over UK government plans to make changes to the National Health Service's staff pension arrangements. | |
The BMA held four separate ballots covering different branches of practice in Scotland, including | |
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Doctors were asked two questions - whether they were willing to take part in industrial action short of strike, and whether they were willing to take part in a strike | |
Only the BMA's UK council can sanction industrial action and it will meet later to discuss the matter. | |
Planned government reforms would mean doctors working longer and contributing up to 14.5% of their pay for their pension. | |
Any strikes would be scheduled to take place on 12 December and 8 January and 17 January, although emergency cover would still be provided. | |
Holyrood powers | |
Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) all over the UK took part in a day of industrial action at the start of the summer in protest at changes to their pension schemes, during which doctors turned up for work but only treated emergency cases. | Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) all over the UK took part in a day of industrial action at the start of the summer in protest at changes to their pension schemes, during which doctors turned up for work but only treated emergency cases. |
However, if further industrial action takes place it would be by Scottish doctors only. | |
The BMA insisted the Scottish government had the power to introduce different pension arrangements and resolve the dispute, but ministers at Holyrood believed if they did so they would receive a reduced block grant from Westminster. | |
Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil previously said there was no justification for industrial action and called on unions "to find a way forward on pensions issues". | |
Here is a breakdown of the results, issued by BMA Scotland. | |