If the salary differentials between ourselves and consultants suddenly increase even further, there will be ineluctable and dire consequences for recruitment to general practice.

BBC: GPs demand large pay rise

"If you look at the water shortages in 2005 and think what it will be like in 15 years, when there will be another 1.1 million households in the South East, we clearly can't sit around arguing between ourselves, " she added.

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