Almost half of GPs are taking industrial action in move that could bring health services to a 'standstill' as family doctors continue row over a new NHS contract, poll suggests

Almost half of GPs are taking industrial action in move that could bring health services to a 'standstill' as family doctors continue row over a new NHS contract, poll suggests By Shaun Wooller For The Daily Mail Published: 19:38 EDT, 12 August 2024 | Updated: 19:47 EDT, 12 August 2024 e-mail View comments Almost half of GP practices in England are already taking some form of industrial action in a row over a new NHS contract, a poll suggests. The British Medical Association said family doctors voted overwhelmingly for action when it announced the result of a ballot earlier this month. The militant union has threatened to bring the NHS to a ‘standstill’ with a catalogue of crippling measures deployed as a ‘slow burn’.

But a snap poll of 283 GP partners by trade magazine Pulse reveals 46 per cent are already taking some form of action and 20 per cent plan to do so in the future. Only 7 per cent ruled out taking any action. Nearly half of GP practices in England are taking industrial action that threatens to bring the NHS to a 'standstill' (file photo) But a snap poll of 283 GP partners by trade magazine Pulse reveals 46 per cent are already taking some form of action and 20 per cent plan to do so in the future (file photo) The BMA, which called the new contracts ‘derisory’, arguing a proposed budget increase of 1.

9 per cent would leave many surgeries struggling to stay afloat, said 98.3 per cent of the 8,500 votes were in favour of industrial action. It is encourag.