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Daily Mirror
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Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

BBC Question Time: Government slammed as health minister urged to talk to NHS strikers

Tory health minister Will Quince was told to "get round the table" as the government came under heavy criticism on last night's edition of BBC Question Time.

A special edition of the long-running show dedicated entirely to health and social care was broadcast live from Hoddeson in Hertfordshire on Thursday night, with many in the studio giving a scathing review of Number 10's record on the NHS.

Alongside host Fiona Bruce, the panel included health and social minister Will Quince, Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, Dame Clare Gerada (president of the Royal College of GP), Lord Victor Adebowale (chairman of the NHS Confederation), and writer James Bartholomew.

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