Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2017
'We've got a health system that's the envy of the world,' minister tells cancer charities
9 August 2017 - The world is green with envy when it looks at our health system, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has told a room full of bemused cancer charity bosses.
"If you stand back and go to the World Health Organisation, where I was two months ago, you will realise we have got a health system that's the envy of the world. And I think we have got to have that perspective," Coleman said.
After his speech, Siobhan Conroy, chief executive of the Unicorn Foundation, said: "Actually, I think we are the laughing stock.
