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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Aubrey Allegretti

Sick child’s mother rebukes Steve Barclay over NHS staff being ‘worked to the bone’

The mother of a sick girl has confronted the health secretary during a hospital visit in London, telling him that NHS staff are “worked to the bone” and the government is doing “terrible damage” to families on waiting lists.

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose three-year-old daughter, Lucy, has cystic fibrosis, rebuked Steve Barclay over NHS staff working conditions and long waits for treatment as he visited King’s College hospital.

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