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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

All four types of NHS doctor could strike before general election, BMA warns

Striking junior doctors marching from the BMA HQ to Parliament Square
Striking junior doctors march from the BMA HQ to Parliament Square on 16 June. Consultants and specialist doctors and GPs are also unhappy with their pay erosion. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

All four types of doctors working in the NHS could be locked in a wrangle with the government in the run-up to the general election, the head of the British Medical Association has warned.

GPs and specialist doctors may join junior doctors and hospital consultants in England in going on strike, Prof Philip Banfield, the union’s chair of council, told the Guardian.

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