Consultants in Northern Ireland to be balloted over industrial action

The British Medical Association said morale was at ‘an all-time low’ among consultants in the region. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Consultants in Northern Ireland are to be balloted over taking industrial action over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

The BMA said representatives from its Northern Ireland consultants committee met with the Department of Health to discuss their concerns over the “continuing erosion of consultant pay” and the impact this was having on consultant recruitment and retention.