Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Gove going private just like the PM
TOP Tory Michael Gove has admitted he uses private healthcare.
The Levelling-up Secretary said he had chosen private care “on occasion”, while NHS patients wait weeks for appointments.
This follows news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is registered with a private GP surgery offering £250 consultations.
Mr Gove told Sky News yesterday: “I wherever possible always use the NHS but have on occasion used private medicine.”
Asked if he supports Mr Sunak’s choice, he replied: “No, I wouldn’t give anyone else any advice about their own healthcare choices.”
More than half a million people in London alone waited more than two weeks for an appointment in September.