If Rishi Sunak had any doubts over how patients feel about the Tory war on health, Catherine Poole swiftly dispelled them for him yesterday.
The 77-year-old confronted the new PM on his first visit since entering No10 unopposed and accused him of not paying stretched frontline staff enough.
As more savage health cuts loom after Liz Truss tanked the economy with her mini-Budget and the NHS faces unprecedented nursing strikes this winter, angry Catherine laid into Mr Sunak over the Tory record.