Wes Streeting calls doctors’ union ‘moaning minnies’ over strike

Streeting calls doctors' union 'moaning minnies' Source: Sky News

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00:00What frustrates me is you would think from the BMA that I've had to drag GPs kicking and screaming

00:04to provide something that most services now provide, which is online access in the 21st century.

00:10In fact, it's been the opposite. GPs have responded, they're up for it. 98.7% of practices

00:16are now delivering online access. This should be a really great news story. When we came to office,

00:22satisfaction with access to general practice was around 60%. It's now 75%. Now, I'm not satisfied

00:29still, because that means one in four people are not yet satisfied. But that's a remarkable

00:34improvement in the space of a year. And GPs deserve real credit for that. And their own

00:39representatives are far from saying, isn't it great? Look at what our members have done.

00:45Look at the modernisation. Look at the improvement in patient satisfaction. They are, you know,

00:50sat in the corner like moaning minis when actually their members are doing a really good job working

00:57with the government to improve patient care and experience.

01:01I mean...

01:02I mean...