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Jeremy Corbyn renewed demands for more NHS cash last tonight as he led an emotionally-charged rally.

The Labour leader told 1,500 guests at Westminster’s Methodist Central Hall: “There must be no mistake: the NHS crisis is being caused by the political choices of this Tory Government.

“The Government is failing staff, patients and their families across the whole country.

“We simply can’t go on like this.

“The Government must bring forward an emergency budget for the NHS to give it the money it needs and end this crisis.

“The Tories are failing our NHS. Labour built the NHS 70 years ago and it will be the next Labour government that secures our NHS for the next 70 years.”

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The noisy rally included frontline NHS workers, union activists and Labour supporters, who fear for the future of the health service, which marks its 70th anniversary this year.

Leeds paramedic Debbie Wilkinson told how “the guilt and frustration are exhausting”.

She said: “Everyone who works in the NHS is united by pride in what we do...but also by feelings of frustration, helplessness and guilt.

“Believe me it’s stressful enough attending a call on blue lights and sirens. But more and more these days, when we get there, we’re greeted by people saying they’ve been waiting ages.

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“Cuts in social care and mental health teams mean there just aren’t enough staff to provide the kind of rounded support we want, and need, to. So more people end up going to A&E.

Consultant psychiatrist Lauren Gavaghan, a former junior doctor of Bristol, said: “Our NHS is incredibly precious...and it is almost impossible to conceive of it not being there for us.

“But it is under threat from this government.

“I could rattle off countless statistics, but I fear we have become a bit numb to them.

“I think that’s what this government wants - for us to look the other way.”

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Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth told the audience: “Having ignored repeated warnings from Labour, healthcare professionals and the public for urgent NHS funding this winter, Theresa May has overseen the worst winter crisis on record.

“Under the Tories, our NHS has been left underfunded, understaffed and overstretched.

“Despite the heroic efforts of our NHS staff, thousands of vulnerable patients have been left languishing on trolleys, stuck in the backs of ambulances and unable to receive the social care packages they urgently need.”