Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Minister jibe at ‘shoppers ruining NHS’
Medics could be thrown out under plan
A NEW health minister accused “consumerist” patients of using the NHS as if they were on a shopping spree, it has emerged.
Winchester Tory MP Steve Brine blamed problems in the NHS on Brits wanting to have it all.
Comments Mr Brine, 43, made at the 2015 election as an aide to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt have been unearthed by Labour.
He said then: “We have a consumerist society and that consumerism has spread into the NHS.
“We are raising expectations so much... our health professionals are buckling.”
Shadow health minister Justin Madders said: “This is yet another example of Tories blaming patients for the problems in the NHS.”
Another new health minister, Jackie Doyle-Price, is backing plans for her local Essex hospital to be sold off for housing.
CEREMONY Kids unveil plaque in memory of mum (inset) in chamber A SPECIAL coat of arms in memory of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox was unveiled in the House of Commons yesterday by her husband Brendan and their children.
Son Cuillin, six, and daughter
Lejla, four, designed the plaque.
Four roses represent Jo’s family – two red for Labour and two white for Yorkshire.
Brendan tweeted yesterday: “The chamber was full with MPs’ kids, a beautiful occasion.”