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‘The damage you’re doing to families is terrible’: mother challenges health secretary

Guardian, 19 Dec 2022
A mother of a three-year-old patient in Kings College hospital challenged the health secretary, Steve Barclay, over wait times in the NHS.
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She told the cabinet minister “the damage you’re doing to families is terrible” after waiting days for a bed for her daughter who has cystic fibrosis. In the footage, Barclay did not respond when he was then told: “You can't blame it on the pandemic any more.”

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