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

Wes Streeting calls BMA ‘impossible’ and says they made ‘misleading’ claims

Wes Streeting departs after attending a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street
Wes Streeting has been locked in a dispute with the doctors’ union over long-running industrial action. Photograph: Fred Duval/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Wes Streeting has accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of being “impossible” and issuing “misleading” information in an escalation of tensions with the doctors union.

In an unusual move, the health secretary wrote on Thursday to England’s 50,000 GPs to convey his frustration with the BMA over recent changes that from last month made it easier for patients to contact them online between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday.

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