to message me, to wish me well, and i said to matt at the time, who was the health secretary at the time, don t worry, i ll be ok, but i ll do some nhs mystery shopping for you and tell you how i get on. and when i came back to good health and, obviously, sajid javid had taken over, i said to sajid javid, i ve got some feedback about the nhs experience. and you did? that s really interesting. he said, look, this is what i can tell you. yeah, and i said this to my local trust as well. and this is my view of the nhs as a whole. when you get a cancer diagnosis, this incredible machine kicks into gear and i felt almost like this rolls royce machine kicked in, and from that moment, the diagnosis through to going into hospital for my operation, i felt very well supported. but my overall reflection is the bit leading up to the actual diagnosis could have been better. the experience since the operation could have been better. and i think, at the moment, that s where the nhs is.
i bawled my eyes out. and inevitably, you are a politician, you didn t know you were about to become shadow health spokesperson. but inevitably you kind of take a view, you look around you, you make an assessment. yeah. and what did you.? well, funnily enough, matt hancock was one of many people who messaged me. probably best not to dwell too much on matt hancock but he was one of many people to message me, to wish me well, and i said to matt at the time, who was the health secretary at the time, don t worry, i ll be ok, but i ll do some nhs mystery shopping for you and tell you how i get on. and when i came back to good health and, obviously, sajid javid had taken over, i said to sajid javid, i ve got some feedback about the nhs experience. and you did? that s really interesting. he said, look, this is what i can tell you. yeah, and i said this to my local trust, as well. and this is my view of the nhs as a whole. when you get a cancer diagnosis, this incredible machine kicks
sajid javid had taken over, i said to sajid javid, i ve got some feedback about the nhs experience. and you did? that s really interesting. he said, look, this is what i can tell you. yeah, and i said this to my local trust as well. and this is my view of the nhs as a whole. when you get a cancer diagnosis, this incredible machine kicks into gear and i felt almost like this rolls royce machine kicked in, and from that moment, the diagnosis through to going into hospital for my operation, i felt very well supported. but my overall reflection is the bit leading up to the actual diagnosis could have been better. the experience since the operation could have been better. and i think, at the moment, that s where the nhs is. when it comes to big crises in your health, a machine kicks into gear. but the diagnosis phase and the after care phase needs to be so much better. fascinating.
is what i can tell you. yeah, and i said this to my local trust, as well. and this is my view of the nhs as a whole. when you get a cancer diagnosis, this incredible machine kicks into gear and i felt almost like this rolls royce machine kicked in, and from that moment, the diagnosis through to going into hospital for my operation, i felt very well supported. but my overall reflection is the bit leading up to the actual diagnosis could have been better. the experience since the operation could have been better. and i think, at the moment, that s where the nhs is. when it comes to big crises in your health, a machine kicks into gear. but the diagnosis phase and the after care phase needs to be so much better. fascinating. i want to talk to you a little bit about how you re going to approach thisjob a little bit later. let s talk about the journey, though, you ve been on. is that really right? that you might have been in prison