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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Streeting savages striking doctors for ‘rejecting deal but still wanting benefits’

Wes Streeting has attacked the “absurd” demands of resident doctors threatening to strike, accusing them of rejecting the government’s deal “while still expecting its benefits to materialise”.

The health secretary, writing for The Independent, says that the British Medical Association, which represents resident doctors in the ongoing dispute about pay, is not serious about reaching a deal.

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