Who pays up to £242 for a member ticket to the Conservative party conference only to disrupt its events? You’d have to ask the young man who heckled the health secretary during his Q&A at Monday’s Health and Care reception…
Barclay spent 15 minutes hinting at what the latest Tory plan to save the NHS might be – something Mr S understands he will discuss in more depth in his main speech on Tuesday. His focus was on technological innovation, getting patients seen faster and utilising other types of healthcare workers. Indeed, Barclay was particularly keen to emphasise a service that relied less on doctors, in a perhaps covert response to the BMA/government stand-off that has resulted in more than one million cancelled appointments.
But just as the Health Secretary was thanking the crowd, a voice from the back piped up:
‘What about social care?’
‘Well, I’ve touched on social care,’ shrugged Barclay before attempting to return to his concluding statement.
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