Hunt’s hospital visit ‘broke code’

MP Angela Rayner accused health secretary Jeremy Hunt of being “a thief in the night” when he failed to tell her he was visiting Tameside General Hospital.

Local MP Angela has demanded a public apology from Mr Hunt saying he broke the Ministerial Code of Conduct by not notifying her in advance of his trip to the hospital on June 26.

She claims he did it to avoid her challenging him about the crisis facing the NHS under his government.

Mrs Rayner says she still hasn’t had any communication from the minister, and is demanding that he apologises to the Commons.

“If I had been notified of his visit, I would have made sure he heard both from patients and staff, not hand-picked officials, about the pressures Government policy is piling on our NHS. But it seems he just didn’t want to know about the very real issues.”

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