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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

Streeting hits out at ‘reckless’ doctors as last-ditch talks to avoid five-day strike fail

Health secretary Wes Streeting has hit out at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) “reckless” decision to press ahead with industrial action this week after last-ditch attempts to avert the junior doctors’ strikes failed.

The doctors’ union confirmed strikes would start on Friday at 7am and continue for five days after deciding Mr Streeting's offers “did not go far enough to warrant calling off strikes.”

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