Angry doctors threaten to shut their doors to new patients unless cash-strapped NHS is pumped full of more money to reduce the strain

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Senior GPs have warned Jeremy Hunt they will stop accepting new patients unless they are given more money.

The British Medical Association has told the Health Secretary that surgeries across England are prepared to close their lists ‘en masse’.

In a strongly-worded letter, the union claims that up to £12billion promised by the Government last Spring has failed to materialise.

Patient demand is ‘unprecedented’, GPs are retiring or quitting and surgery buildings are falling apart, it adds.

The letter, signed by Dr Richard Vautrey, head of the BMA’s GP Committee, states that it is ‘no wonder’ doctors are considering suspending their lists.

‘Practices are reaching the point where closing their lists seems the only viable way to ensure patient safety,’ it states.

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