Thursday 12 Sep 2024
Northern Ireland consultants vote to accept pay offer
The BMA Northern Ireland Consultants Committee has formally accepted the Department of Health’s pay offer for consultant doctors and dentists.
Northern Ireland
We provide a local point of contact for BDA members living and working in Northern Ireland, as well as providing strategic support and policy advice to BDA committees in Northern Ireland.
About our work
The BDA and its elected committees seek to improve conditions for the delivery of dental services across Northern Ireland, negotiating with elected representatives and government bodies, as well as influencing other key-decision makers, including educational institutions and non-statutory organisations.
National priorities
In Northern Ireland we have found a dichotomy between dentists enjoying significant growth in private earnings and those for whom NHS dentistry is increasingly failing to generate sustainable returns. We look to the Government to establish a model of care that properly incentivises NHS care.
We are calling on the Government to:
- Present a GDS contract that is attractive and financially sustainable
- Target better oral health for children and the older population, guided by an updated Oral Health Strategy
- Deliver a Dental Workforce Plan incorporating, 'a people-first approach'
- Get to grips with oral health inequalities
- Apply a strategic approach to dental reform.
Committee representation
Dentists working in Northern Ireland are represented through the
- Northern Ireland Dental Practice Committee
- Northern Ireland Community Dentists Committee
- The Northern Ireland Hospital Dental Services Forum
- and Northern Ireland Council.
Northern Ireland also holds one seat on the Principal Executive Committee (PEC), which sets our policy and strategic direction.
Staff based in Northern Ireland
Tristen Kelso - National Director, BDA Northern Ireland
Julie Williams-Nash - Senior Policy Advisor
Johan Warwick - Committee and Administration Support Officer
Staff based outside Northern Ireland
Alan Pitcaithley - Practice Management Consultant for Scotland and Northern Ireland
David Paul - Employment Relations Officer
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Upcoming events
BDA Northern Ireland has an active Branch which run regular events, most of which are free for members. Our Northern Ireland branch programme covers all of the events coming up this Autumn.