Mother rebukes Steve Barclay over NHS staff being ‘worked to the bone’

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose daughter suffers from cystic fibrosis, confronts health secretary during London hospital visit

The mother of a sick girl has confronted the UK health secretary during a hospital visit, telling him that NHS staff are “worked to the bone” and the government is doing “terrible damage” to families on waiting lists.

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose three-year-old daughter, Lucy, suffers from cystic fibrosis, rebuked Steve Barclay over NHS staff working conditions and long waits for treatment as he visited King’s College hospital in London.