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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

BMA accuses Streeting of ‘scaremongering’ about NHS as strike looms

The British Medical Association (BMA) has accused Wes Streeting of “scaremongering”, after he warned that strikes before Christmas could push the NHS to collapse as it grapples with an outbreak of flu.

The doctors’ union claimed the Health Secretary had acted in a “cruel and calculated” way and described a Government offer intended to avert walkouts in the coming days as “poor”.

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