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

British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike

Wes Streeting speaks at the conference: he holds his hands up and looks animated; he is wearing a dark blue suit and sitting in front of a black backdrop so his hands and face appear pale in contrast.
Wes Streeting told the NHS Providers annual conference that the BMA union ‘is no longer a professional voice for doctors’. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

The British Medical Association is acting like a cartel and its “antics” are endangering the NHS’s future, the health secretary has said before the latest doctors’ strike begins on Friday.

Wes Streeting launched his most strongly worded attack yet on the doctors’ union, coming close to accusing resident doctors in England of being greedy in their pay demands.

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