But she says that the Island might have to wait until after the UK general election to open up negotiations.

Her comments follow criticism of ministers by UK MP Andrew Mackinlay, who said that the Island should have fought harder to keep the deal.

In Saturday’s JEP Mr Mackinlay was reported as saying: ‘They really want to be getting on planes and banging on the door. It was an arbitrary decision taken rather arrogantly, in my view, by the minister here in London.’

Deputy Pryke, who took over the Health post after the end of the reciprocal deal on 1 April this year, said she was ‘absolutely’ going to work to get the deal back.

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