{"id":106067,"date":"2024-08-01T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/gps-vote-to-take-collective-action-for-first-time-in-60-years\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:08:09","slug":"gps-vote-to-take-collective-action-for-first-time-in-60-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/gps-vote-to-take-collective-action-for-first-time-in-60-years\/","title":{"rendered":"GPs vote to take collective action for first time in 60 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Family doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking collective action for the first time in 60 years.<\/p>\n

GPs will be able to pick and choose from a menu of actions set out by the British Medical Association (BMA).<\/p>\n

One of the options would mean GPs limiting the number of patients they see each day to 25 – about a third fewer than normal.<\/p>\n

They could also choose to stop performing work they are not formally contracted to do.<\/p>\n

The last time GPs took collective action was in 1964 when family doctors handed in undated resignations to the Wilson government.<\/p>\n

This led to reform including the Family Doctor Charter of 1965.<\/p>\n

The health secretary had urged GPs not to punish patients.<\/p>\n

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