You can participate in the ballot and any subsequent action provided your contract is with an NHS employer.

You can participate in the ballot and any subsequent action provided your contract is with an NHS employer.

You can participate in the ballot and any subsequent action provided your contract is with an NHS employer.

You can participate in the ballot and any subsequent action provided your contract is with an NHS employer.

You can participate in the ballot and any subsequent action provided your contract is with an NHS employer.

You can participate in the ballot and any subsequent action provided your contract is with an NHS employer and mirrors the national SAS terms and conditions of service. If you are a LED with a contract which mirrors the SAS TCS your pay code would usually start with MC, MH, MD or ME.

On our membership system these LEDs are classified as Clinical Fellow (SAS), Non Std Car.Gde - Inc Trust Dr, Senior Clinical Fellow (SAS) and Trust Grade (SAS).

Please contact us if you aren’t sure whether you are eligible to participate in the SAS ballot or any subsequent action.

You cannot take part in industrial action if you are employed by an alternative organisation with only an honorary contract with an NHS employer.

As this is a dispute with the NHS in Wales, you must hold a contract with an NHS employer to participate. This means if your contact is solely with a non-NHS employer such as an agency, hospice or university we are not calling on you to take strike action.

A small group of SAS dentists (with a GMC number) may have BMA membership, and they will be eligible to participate in our ballot. It is important to note, however, that many dentists are represented by the British Dental Association, who are running their own ballot.

You cannot take part in the ballot of SAS doctors, or any subsequent industrial action taken by SAS doctors if you are a locum consultant.  We are however, also balloting consultants in Wales on whether to take industrial action over pay and therefore you would be eligible to participate in that ballot. Please contact us ensure to you have received the appropriate ballot for your circumstance. 

You cannot take part in this industrial action if you are a regular in the armed forces as you are prohibited from doing so under King’s Regulations.

You can take action if you are a reservist and the action falls during time in which you are contracted to deliver NHS services for your civilian employer. This is because you are not precluded from taking industrial action against your civilian NHS employer.

You do not have to be a member of a trade union to take part in industrial action, though you will not benefit from any support or protection from the BMA. If you are a member of another union but are not a member of the BMA, you cannot take action unless that union also successfully balloted to strike. Become a BMA member now.