Rishi Sunak: whether I use private healthcare is ‘not really relevant’

Prime minister urged to ‘come clean’ after refusing to say if he uses private services to avoid NHS queues

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he uses private healthcare amid suggestions he is out of touch with millions of ordinary people who face long waiting times to receive treatment on the NHS.

The prime minister said that his own healthcare is “not really relevant” and was a “distraction” from his focus on making sure people across England receive high-quality NHS provision.