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Minister Steve Barclay said it was a "political" move from the health service workers.
"The NHS is in its most perilous position in its history," she pointed out.
"I didn’t realise this was real."
News of an expected pay rise for MPs has come as the NHS faces another wave of strikes over salaries.
A bad cough, a headache, a fever – you name it, someone you know has it.
4.1 million Brits are not treating their conditions due to NHS waiting lists and a lack of accessible treatment.
The prime minister promised “NHS waiting lists will fall” but they now stand at the highest since 2007.
Health minister Maria Caulfield said the early warning system, specific to children, "will save lives".
The incendiary claim was made by former NHS boss Simon Stevens.