BRIT doctors and nurses have hit back at Donald Trump after he slammed the ‘broke’ NHS on Twitter.

The US president earlier claimed in a tweet that the troubles experienced by the state-funded system are proof countries should not offer universal healthcare to all their citizens.

8 Donald Trump has criticised the NHS Credit: AFP or licensors

He wrote: “The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working.

“Dems want to greatly raise taxes for really bad and non-personal medical care. No thanks!”

But medical staff hit back at the Republican today, telling him to keep his opinions to himself.

Nurse Natasha White tweeted: “How DARE you criticise our NHS. I am a Nurse working for this fantastic organisation.

The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working. Dems want to greatly raise taxes for really bad and non-personal medical care. No thanks! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2018

“It's not perfect, it needs more money but it offers some of the best healthcare in the world to all – no matter how much money you have or have not.

“Don’t comment on what you haven't experienced.”

Another named Danielle wrote: “Trump we were marching because the government are broke and not working.

“They have failed our NHS, it's staff, patients and the whole country. We love our universal health system and as a nurse I am proud to work in it.”

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And Sami Jo Joyce said: “Trump as an NHS nurse in the UK, I feel more qualified than yourself to comment on this.

“People were protesting about low pay/and the government’s attempts to privatise the NHS!

“Universal healthcare helps more than it hinders!

“You come across as an ignorant individual in my country.”

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Trump's comments were a reference to a march in London over the weekend which saw thousands of people protest against the NHS funding crisis.

Labour MPs and campaigners joined the demonstration which ended up at the gates of Downing Street, claiming the health service needs more cash or it will risk collapsing.

The tweet sparked an angry response from Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, who insisted the NHS is far superior to the US system.

He said: “I may disagree with claims made on that march but not ONE of them wants to live in a system where 28million people have no cover.

“NHS may have challenges but I’m proud to be from the country that invented universal coverage - where all get care no matter the size of their bank balance.”

8 Parts of central London came to a stand-still as protesters marched to protect the NHS on Saturday Credit: Rex Features

Mrs May supported him this afternoon, saying the minister's statement "speaks for the Government".

The PM's spokesman added: "The Prime Minister is proud of having an NHS that is free at the point of delivery. NHS funding is at a record high and was prioritised in the Budget with an extra £2.8billion."

Simon Stevens, head of the NHS, said Mr Trump had “the wrong end of the stick” and invited the President to visit British hospitals to see the health system up close.

He told MPs at a committee hearing: "Unfortunately and respectfully I think we'd suggest that tweet got the wrong end of the stick.

“In fact people in this country don't want to ditch our NHS, notwithstanding everything that we've been talking about today, they want to keep it and strengthen it.”

8 Mr Trump met Theresa May in Davos less than two weeks ago Credit: Reuters

Jeremy Corbyn responded to Mr Trump: "Wrong. People were marching because we love our NHS and hate what the Tories are doing to it. Healthcare is a human right."

Shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth said: "Labour will take no lessons from Donald Trump who wants to deny healthcare to millions in America with a system that checks your purse before it checks your pulse."

Lib Dem health spokesman Baroness Jolly added: "Trump is dangerously deluded about the NHS. He needs to read up on how his own health system works before attacking others.

"The NHS is a jewel in the crown of UK society. We should always be proud of the fact that British people can see a doctor without the fear and anxiety of being hit by a massive medical bill."

The President's friend Piers Morgan tweeted: "Wrong, Mr President. Our NHS is a wonderful, albeit imperfect, health system - and the envy of the world. By comparison, the US healthcare system is a sick joke & the envy of no-one."

I may disagree with claims made on that march but not ONE of them wants to live in a system where 28m people have no cover. NHS may have challenges but I’m proud to be from the country that invented universal coverage - where all get care no matter the size of their bank balance https://t.co/YJsKBAHsw7 — Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) February 5, 2018

Wrong, Mr President.

Our NHS is a wonderful, albeit imperfect, health system - and the envy of the world.

By comparison, the US healthcare system is a sick joke & the envy of no-one. https://t.co/Ew5GxclcMF — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 5, 2018

Mr Trump's tweet came minutes after former Ukip boss Nigel Farage was on TV in the States talking about the pressures on the NHS and the march.

Mr Farage told Fox News: “The National Health Service has turned into the International Health Service and we're providing a lot of healthcare for people coming into Britain from all over the world.

“Right now it's pretty much at breaking point. The big point is that when the state gives benefits to people then any attempt in the future to reform it or take those benefits back becomes politically impossible.

“That's the big debate that you need to have in America. If you were to introduce universal healthcare, paid for centrally under taxes, you would never ever be able to remove it."

8 Nigel Farage discussed the state of the NHS on American TV today

Mr Trump’s remarks risk stirring up further anger among Brits after he previously claimed the UK is riddled with terrorists - prompting calls for the President's invitation for a state visit to Britain to be revoked.

Just 10 days ago, he seemed to have made up with Theresa May when the pair pledged to work closely together as they meet in Davos for the first time since Mr Trump retweeted anti-Muslim propaganda from Britain First.

The President had been due to visit London this month to open the new US embassy in Battersea, but scrapped his plans saying he was angry the building had cost so much and was in an "off location".

He is still scheduled to come here in October, on a trip which is likely to be met with mass protests.

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Mr Trump's comments on the NHS are meant as an attack on the opposition Democrats, who want the government to play a bigger role in providing healthcare to Americans.

Currently only elderly and poor people can get free care in the US, with everyone else buying health insurance.

Some Democrats - including potential challengers to Mr Trump in the 2020 election - are calling for the US to move to a system more similar to the NHS.