Two North East MPs have slammed the Government's record when it comes to NHS cancer care and building the health service workforce.
Speaking during an opposition day debate in the House of Commons, Labour MPs Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Central) and Grahame Morris (Easington) both grilled health minister Helen Whately over the Government's management of the NHS. This comes as the health services looks back on a winter of unprecedented challenges, while strike action continues to disrupt efforts to tackle surgery backlogs.
Ms Onwurah attacked the Government's refusal to close the "non-dom loophole" in order to provide extra NHS funding. This is how the Labour Party has said it would fund a substantial boost in the numbers of doctors and nurses.
