All four types of NHS doctor could strike before general election, BMA warns

All four types of NHS doctor could strike before general election, BMA warns Exclusive: union says it is planning for scenario of specialist and family doctors walking out as well as juniors and consultants

All four types of doctors working in the NHS could be locked in a wrangle with the government in the run-up to the general election, the head of the British Medical Association has warned.

GPs and specialist doctors may join junior doctors and hospital consultants in England in going on strike, Prof Philip Banfield, the union’s chair of council, told The Guardian. 

See also:

• Fury as NHS consultants on £128,000 are allowed to do PRIVATE work on strike days The Daily Mail 
• BMA threatens to cripple NHS workforce plan with strikes The Daily Telegraph
• End to nurses’ strike leaves tensions between Pat Cullen and RCN members The Guardian