We don't accept those figures.' Health Secretary Steve Barclay dismisses ONS figures that show a sharp rise in deaths towards the end of last year. NickFerrariLBC | SteveBarclay
The Office of National Statistics released a report claiming that last year was one of Britain's highest death tolls ever - not including the pandemic.
read out some shocking statics from the report and asked Health Secretary Steve Barclay: "What, for the love of God, has your party been doing for the last 13 years with the NHS?"The Secretary of state for Health and Social care claimed the figures in the report needed to be further reviewed because the "numbers within the population" have changed through the years as well as "conditions". Finally leaning on the fact that "we have a much older population".
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