#104 - A is for Action - Shazia Ahmed

For Shazia Ahmed, the fight for justice runs in the blood. In this week’s episode, she tells how values of fairness were instilled from an early age and how that led to taking on a former employer at a tribunal.

It also saw Shazia providing support on Facebook for thousands of dental professionals who were shortchanged during the COVID crisis. 

Shazia explains how the British Dental Action Group quickly grew far beyond its original scope, sets out her thoughts on NHS funding, contracts, reform and much more.

Enjoy! 

“We've got to say, ‘look for God's sake, give us some respect’, and I don't think anybody is going to give it to us. We have to demand it. We have to come together and demand the contract that we want because, without us, there is no NHS contract at all.” 

• Shazia Ahmed

In This Episode

00.40 - Backstory
05.23 - University
07.20 - An injustice
15.02 - BDAG and COVID
31.55 - NHS - contracts, funding and reform
43.55 - Why NHS dentistry?
45.20 - Being a woman in dentistry
50.22 - Regrets and darkest days
53.05 - Family life and setting an example
55.04 - Plans and predictions
57.20 - BDA elections
01.00.02 - NHS contract reform
01.04.29 - Last days and legacy

About Shazia Ahmed

Dr Shazia Ahmed qualified from the University of Birmingham in 2002. She is an NHS associate in practice in the midlands.

During the COVID lockdown, Shazia set up a Facebook support group for dental professionals affected by contract changes, withheld payments and other disputes.

The group became the British Dental Action Group which campaigns to improve how NHS practice owners manage funding in relation to employees and associates.