‘I think the narrative is starting to change and I don’t want the clap to be negative,’ Annemarie Plas says
But it has also divided opinion between some who feel empowered and encouraged by the gesture, and others who feel it is patronising – particularly in light of the government’s initial decision, reversed on Thursday, to charge overseas health and care staff for using the NHS.
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