Sir Keir Starmer has defended his comments on private healthcare. The Labour leader caused a stir during the first TV debate of the election on Tuesday night when he insisted he would never use private healthcare - even if he had a relative on a waiting list - because the NHS "is in his DNA." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I grew up with my mum suffering, she was extremely ill, she nearly died several times and she
00:07was treated on every occasion by the NHS on an urgent basis. I have 100% confidence in
00:13the NHS and that is why I wouldn't use anything other than the NHS and I wouldn't for my relatives
00:20but this is a lived experience for me because as I was growing up, particularly when I was
00:24a teenager, I was in the High Dependency Unit with my mum and we nearly lost her a number
00:30of times but she was absolutely clear that it was the NHS that pulled her through every
00:34time. I say thank you to them and I would use them.