Wes Streeting vs BMA: NHS Pay & Claims Row

by Grace Chen

Here are three “Did you know?” boxes, adhering to your specifications, based on the provided article:

Did you know?-The UK Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has ended the british Medical Association’s (BMA) exclusive role in negotiating the annual GP contract, a key agreement for doctors’ pay adn conditions.

Pro tip:-The dispute centers on changes to patient access to online GP consultations, implemented last month, allowing online contact between 8:00 AM and 6:30 PM, Monday to Friday. The BMA claims safeguards where promised but not delivered.

Reader question:-The BMA’s resident doctors have been striking over pay and training since March 2023, and are considering a 14th strike before Christmas as their current mandate expires in January.

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