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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn & John Stevens & Dominic McGrath, PA

Rishi Sunak confronted by hospital patient over nurses' pay - 'you're not trying'

Rishi Sunak has been confronted by a 77-year-old NHS patient telling him he needs to "try harder" in a bruising encounter over nurses' pay.

In first visit since becoming Prime Minister, Mr Sunak was told by Londoner Catherine Poole: "You need to pay them."

The comments from Ms Poole, who is recovering from surgery at Croydon University Hospital, came as Mr Sunak also dodged a reporter's questions on nurses' pay.

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