THOUSANDS of hospital doctors are threatening to go it alone with a Scotland-only strike that will see them break ranks with colleagues south of the Border.
THOUSANDS of hospital doctors are threatening to go it alone with a Scotland-only strike that will see them break ranks with colleagues south of the Border.
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Helen Puttick Health Correspondent
In a surprise escalation of the ongoing UK-wide pensions dispute, medical staff are to be balloted in November on taking strike action in Scotland.
The move follows frustration among consultants, specialists and junior doctors at the lack of progress in talks with the Scottish Government. So far, the talks have failed to yield any improvements for them on pension schemes that are being imposed across the UK.
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