"Nobody in the #NHS has anything to feel guilty about. You have done us proud. You have worked miracles with very limited and often dwindling resources," was the heartfelt response to the Telegraph article.
"There is a weird taboo around financial incentives in healthcare. A fiver would do it. Hey, even a parking pass.. or lunch."
“There will be a point where the funding will be cut so much, we won’t have a national health service,” he told The London Economic.
The scheme has been branded ‘Robin Hood in reverse’ by Labour.
The prime minister’s working majority of around 80 MPs was slashed to 26, with the former justice secretary urging ministers to "look again" at the issue.
In the speech, which reduced some delegates to tears, he said: "We must never, ever let the NHS free from our grasp. Because if we do, your future will be my past."
"I come from a country where people have to fundraise on the internet just to stay alive. That's barbaric."
The report, which revealed NHS data which was previously secret, said “it is entirely predictable and almost inevitable that some level of harm will arise.”
Trusts have also been ordered to ensure that “ambulances are not used as additional ED (emergency department) cubicles”.