Tag: Wes Streeting
1 day ago
express.co.uk

Labour vows to work NHS harder to cut waiting lists - with full plan revealed

Labour wants hospitals to carry out more procedures over evenings and weekends - in a bid to drive down waiting lists...

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5 months ago
inews.co.uk

Inside Labour's plan to open up NHS to private 'entrepreneurs'

31 million people have the NHS app on their phone - and Wes Streeting wants to use them as a pool for clinical trials

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5 months ago
inews.co.uk

Vote on assisted dying likely as MPs say parliament 'in a different place'

Campaigners are expected to step up political pressure following Esther Rantzen's statement that she had joined Dignatis

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6 months ago
inews.co.uk

NHS doesn't need 'ever increasing' amounts of money to improve, Streeting says

The shadow Health Secretary told the latest episode of i‘s podcast Labour’s Plan For Power that pouring more money 'i...

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6 months ago
inews.co.uk

Labour’s plan for the NHS is taking shape

In i’s new podcast, Labour’s Plan For Power, Paul Waugh breaks down the shadow Health Secretary's blueprint for the h...

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6 months ago
inews.co.uk

Labour hardens language on Israel ahead of ceasefire vote

Wes Streeting said there were 'serious questions' about the proportionality of Israel’s bombing of Gaza

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10 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Thousands waiting 18 months for NHS treatment despite Rishi Sunak claim

The Prime Minister claimed to have "virtually eliminated" 18 month waits for NHS treatment - but 7,300 people are sti...

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11 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Wes Streeting: 'I won't apologise for being ambitious - but I'm loyal to Keir Starmer'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells the Mirror: 'If Rishi had had a background that was more like mine... he ...

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11 months ago
mirror.co.uk

'Cancer stories hit me differently now': Wes Streeting shares emotional story ahead of new book

The Labour Shadow Health Secretary's searingly honest book, One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up, charts his journey from ...

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almost 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Labour vow to cut heart disease and stroke deaths by a quarter within 10 years

Keir Starmer is poised to set out “serious, deep, long-term changes” that also aim to slash cancer deaths and improve...

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about 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

GP appointments: health secretary aims to end ‘8am scramble’ with £240m upgrade of phones and boo...

The health secretary said the plans will “ensure patients get the care they need” by replacing old phone and booking ...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Labour vow to end GP 'postcode lottery' and promise 15,000 new doctors a year

New analysis reveals three quarters of patients in some parts of England are unable to see the doctor of their choice...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

A&E waiting times: 60% of patients face 12-hour trolley waits at one NHS hospital

Twelve-hour trolley waits have become the norm for A&E patients at one NHS hospital, while at eight others more than ...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

PM warned 'emergency' NHS meeting won't ease pressure after 'years of inaction'

The Prime Minister is holding rare weekend talks with health leaders - after senior medics said the health service wa...

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

Scottish Labour leadership told to condemn 'slur against NHS staff' by shadow health secretary

Scottish Labour’s leader has been urged to condemn claims from his UK party colleagues that health unions wanted to l...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Tories 'planning to lose next election' says Labour's Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting points to the decision by the current Government to cap the number of medical students as evidence for ...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Brits will be urged to avoid A&E this winter in bid to reduce NHS pressure

The head of the health service has told hospitals to prepare public health campaigns to help "minimise" pressure on A...

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about 2 years ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Labour Councillors say the party wants to 'tackle local issues' and win Hartlepool back during up...

Labour councillors in Hartlepool say they want to tackle issues that ‘mean most’ to residents by generating more jobs...

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about 2 years ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Shadow Health Secretary says Hartlepool has given Labour a 'kicking' - but the party still has a ...

The Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care says Labour has ‘listened and changed’ following its defeat ...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab blasted for cringe photo op at Afghanistan crisis centre

The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary woke to find The Thick of It was trending. But it wasn't news of a new serie...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Mum says she will be left penniless when £20 Universal Credit uplift is revoked

Families say they will be left destitute and unable to afford basic items such as food and transport when the uplift ...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Labour MP Wes Streeting to undergo treatment for kidney cancer

The Ilford North MP says a lump was identified while he was getting treatment for a kidney stone - which helped docto...

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