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The health secretary claimed the British Medical Association is no longer a voice for doctors as he shrugged off Labour leadership claims and urged medics to call off the strikes

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The doctors' strikes will cost the NHS £240 million, the health secretary has said, as he blasted the “cartel-like” union behind the walkout for causing “untold misery and disruption” to patients.