HEALTH SEC: BMA timed strikes for 'maximum disruption'
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HEALTH SEC: BMA timed strikes for 'maximum disruption'
Answering an urgent question in the Commons, Health Secretary Steve Barclay says he "wants to see a deal that increases junior doctors pay" but says "it is regrettable" the BMA timed their industrial action after Easter "to cause maximum disruption".
Report by Rowlandi.
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