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Joshua Taylor

Nurse confronts Boris Johnson to say he's 'done nothing' to make her stay in NHS

A fed-up nurse confronted Boris Johnson live on air and told him he'd "done nothing" to convince to her to stay in the NHS.

Janet, a health worker at a hospital in Newcastle, spoke to the Prime Minister during a live LCB phone-in.

She asked Mr Johnson: "My question to you is, I'm a WASPI woman and I'm also a qualified nurse of 33 years.

"I can't wait to leave the profession I love. How can you convince me or an extra 31,000 nurses to join us as well as persuade thousands like me to stay?"

Mr Johnson replied to say: "I really appreciate the frustration and disappointment so many WASPI women feel about their situation."

The nurse poured cold water over Boris Johnson's NHS pledges (Empics Entertainment)

But he claimed compensating the WASPI women was impossible because "we have to manage our economy prudently", but "we'll do whatever we can to help".

He went on to claim "we want to support nursing" by bringing back the nursing bursary and "investing massively in the NHS".

But Janet told the PM after his reply: "It’s done nothing to convince me to get up and go to work on Monday, not at all."

The comments came during an LBC live phone-in with Nick Ferrari (tv grab)

WASPI women have campaigned for compensation for the pension they lost when retirement aged was moved from 60 to 66.

Labour has made a £58billion commitment to repay them.

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