Croydon Hospital: Patient tells PM to pay NHS staff more

Rishi Sunak is told he is needs to “try harder” over plans to give pay rises to hospital staff. …

Rishi Sunak has been told he needed to “try harder” over plans to give pay rises to hospital staff.

Visiting Croydon University Hospital, the prime minister spoke to in-patients, including Catherine Poole, aged 77.

After telling him he needed to pay medical staff more, she rejected his answer over his efforts, and told him he was “not trying”.