Claim: GPs are going on strike for the first time in 60 years.
Fact-check: Conservatives wrong to claim GPs are striking for first time in 60 years - Full Fact
Verdict: this isn't quite right. some gps undertook industrial action in 2012 and while currently gps have voted to take collective action, they did not vote to go on strike.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Jess Hacker
Date published: 2024-08-09T00:00:00