Another anecdote from health minister Ann Keen that proves kids say the funniest things.

As End Game revealed last week, Ms Keen recently spoke to a girl who was convinced that nurses wash their hands too much.

Last Wednesday at an event in London she divulged that, at a visit to a hospital children’s ward, youngsters complained their doctors and nurses were a bit whiffy. Pressed for information on what they smelt like, the answer was “herbs”. Ms Keen said it was not clear which herbs they were referring to - hopefully it was nothing more sinister than coriander.