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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Doctors’ anger over Government proposals for GPs to prescribe energy discounts

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Doctors have angrily dismissed a Government proposal for them to write prescriptions to give discounts to people struggling to pay their energy bills during the cost-of-living crisis.

The British Medical Association (BMA) said they “completely reject” the policy drawn up in the Treasury, arguing the addition to GPs’ already huge workload would be “totally unacceptable”.

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