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DENTISTS were balloted on industrial action for the first time in history yesterday over draconian new contracts imposed on them by the government.
The junior dentists in English hospitals will join their doctor counterparts in a ballot over the contracts that will see them working longer for less.
The British Dental Association’s central committee for hospital dental staff’s Peter Dyer said: “We have not taken this decision lightly, but an unprecedented attack on our members’ interests requires an unprecedented response.
“From the start doctors and dentists have asked for a fair contract, one that works for patients and practitioners. We are taking this step because the government is now set to impose a contract that fails both tests.”
Association chairman Mick Armstrong said: “Hospitals are at crisis point dealing with record numbers of children requiring oral surgery. This contract represents a frontal assault on an already overstretched workforce.”
