Furious woman interrupts Health Secretary's interview saying 'you've done it all'

Steve Barclay was speaking on camera when the passerby shouted, "Are you going to do something about the ambulances waiting and people dying?" in an astonishing confrontation

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Health Secretary Steve Barclay confronted by angry woman over ambulance delays

Health Secretary Steve Barclay faced outrageous wait times for ambulances during an interview with an angry voter who told him: 'You've screwed it up. "

Mr. Barclay, who was nominated by Boris Johnson last month, looked uncomfortable as the woman heckled him about the healthcare crisis.

She expressed fury at the lives lost as people face long delays for paramedics in the emergency room - with elderly patients facing 14 hour waits in parts of the UK.

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The cabinet member, who backed Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership race, was mid-sentence when the woman was heard shouting, "Are you going to do something about the waiting ambulances and the people dying?"

Despite her initial efforts to ignore him, the woman continued to confront him with the appalling record of the Conservatives in government.

She said, "Don't you think 12 years is long enough...You've done it all, people died and everything you've done is nothing."

Mr. Barclay was filmed squirming as the woman clarified her point before walking away, leaving him dumbfounded.

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Steve Barclay looked shaken when confronted by the angry woman (

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The confrontation happened outside Moorfields Eye Hospital in Old Street, central London.

Heads of health services are increasingly alarmed by the time it takes to respond to emergency calls in some parts of the country.

Today the Mirror reported that elderly patients had to wait 14 hours in an ambulance if they fell, with one dying after being trapped under a bed, a regulator has warned .

The delays led the Care Quality Commission to ratify...