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One of Therese Coffey's first interviews as the new Health Secretary was interrupted by her mobile phone alarm going off live on air this morning – playing a Dr Dre song.
Ms Coffey and LBC presenter Nick Ferrari were both left laughing when the 8am alarm sounded with the 1999 hit 'Still D.R.E.' which also featured Snoop Dogg.
Mr Ferrari had begun by asking her a 'question about your residences' but stopped when he realised Ms Coffey's phone was going off and asked: 'Are you OK?'
The Health Secretary said listeners were 'getting a bit of Dr Dre', quickly apologised and said 'sorry, I'll just turn that off' - but she and Mr Ferrari both saw the funny side.
And the breakfast presenter added: 'It is Dr Dre, is it? That's fantastic. Well, Dr Coffey with Dr Dre as the Health Secretary, it just gets better and better.'
The music video for the 1999 hit song 'Still D.R.E.' which featured Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg
Therese Coffey's was left laughing when phone alarm went off on LBC today - playing Dr Dre
Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg perform at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show in California in February
LBC presenter Nick Ferrari also saw the funny side when the interview was interrupted today
Despite being more than 20 years old, Still D.R.E. is still a popular rap song and recently featured at the end of the Super Bowl LVI halftime show in February.
The music video for the track, which hit number 6 in the UK charts and appeared on Dr Dre's second studio album '2001', has racked up more than one billion views.
During the interview on LBC today - when not talking about Dr Dre - Ms Coffey conceded that the NHS needs quick improvement and said she hopes doctors will 'continue to put their patients first', when asked about potential strikes.
She said: 'I'm also very conscious that we need to make improvements and we need to make them quickly.'
Asked how she would avert a junior doctor strike, Ms Coffey said: 'I hope of course that people will continue to put their patients first.'
She added: 'I think people will be receiving a significant package that's already been agreed, and that's through the independent pay review body. We've accepted that recommendation. More broadly, the Government has been investing in cost-of-living payments.'
Ms Coffey takes over as Health Secretary from Steve Barclay who moves to the backbenches after a brief time in the role following Sajid Javid's resignation in June this year. Mr Javid in turn replaced Matt Hancock after he resigned for breaching pandemic rules.
Regarded as Liz Truss's closest friend at Westminster, Ms Coffey has landed a central role in the new Prime Minister's administration.
As well as being appointed as Health and Social Care Secretary, Ms Coffey is stepping up to become Ms Truss's second-in-command as Deputy Prime Minister.
The 50-year-old former work and pensions secretary was widely expected to be rewarded with a key job in the Cabinet, having thrown her weight behind Ms Truss's Tory leadership bid early on.
Therese Coffey has never lived down a picture taken at a Spectator magazine party in 2015 at which she was snapped puffing away on a large cigar and clutching a glass of champagne
She and Liz Truss have been friends since their student politics days and are known by some colleagues as 'Yin and Yang'. Above: The pair are seen during a visit to a
