New Health Secretary Therese Coffey said she waited nine hours in A&E over the summer - only to be told to come back the following day.
Dr Coffey today told the House of Commons that after her aborted attempt to be seen by medics, she headed to another hospital, where she was seen within three hours.
The Health Secretary, who was one of new PM Liz Truss's first cabinet appointments, told MPs: "Just in July I went to A&E, I waited nearly nine hours myself to see a doctor and I still didn't get any treatment, I was asked to go back the next day.
