Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he uses private healthcare, insisting it is “not really relevant”. The Prime Minister was being interviewed about the NHS on BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme.
In an interview recorded on Saturday, the Prime Minister refused to say whether he uses the NHS as Britons struggle with long waiting lists to see GPs and receive treatment. He said: “As a general policy I wouldn’t ever talk about me or my family’s healthcare situation. But it’s not really relevant, what’s relevant is the difference I can make to the country.”
It comes amid huge strain on the NHS which has seen nurses and ambulance workers walk out in a row over pay and conditions. While Mr Sunak agreed the NHS is "undeniably under enormous pressure", he declined to describe it as being in crisis, despite Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer warning the health service is not just on its knees but “on its face”..
