Ministers target GPs over hours
Health Secretary Alan Johnson is writing to every GP in England urging them to accept the government's plans for extra surgery opening hours.
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Health Secretary Alan Johnson is writing to every GP in England urging them to accept the government's plans for extra surgery opening hours.
He hopes to persuade them to back a deal that would see evening and weekend opening.
The government has said it will impose a settlement if agreement cannot be reached with the British Medical Association.
The BMA believes the real agenda is to privatise services and undermine general practice.
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