The Latest Breaking News from Sajid Javid

Top bosses could be sent to failing hospitals to improve standards – Javid

It comes after a major review into NHS leadership found evidence of ‘poor behaviours’.

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

Concern over A&E pressures, but no new money for the NHS – Javid

The head of the NHS in England Amanda Pritchard said that A&Es were facing winter pressures in the summer.

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

‘No quick cure’ to current A&E crisis, health secretary Sajid Javid tells NHS leaders

Mr Javid also rejects calls for further NHS funding, saying ‘the answer to all the challenges that we face … cannot be more money’

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

New data strategy aims to ‘close digital divide’ between NHS and social care

Health Secretary Sajid Javid will pledge to ‘improve trust in data’ as he launches the plan at London Tech Week’s HealthTech Summit.

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2022

Second Cabinet minister backs earlier tax cut ‘when we can afford it’

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the move should be fast-tracked if circumstances allow.

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2022

Javid suggests income tax cut should be brought forward if possible

Health Secretary says the Chancellor will want to slash taxes ‘as soon as he can’.

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2022

NHS ‘doesn’t need any more money’, says Sajid Javid as waiting lists rise

Health secretary says service has enough resources but admits waiting lists will grow before they shrink

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022

‘Labour sure to win Wakefield’: more tips from the Mystic Meg of politics

Prof Jon Tonge has won most of his political bets, so here are some predictions from a ‘trumped-up Nostradamus’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022

Smokers living in council housing could be banned from lighting up, new report suggests

Dr Javed Khan OBE has made some radical proposals that those living in council housing should be banned from smoking, as well as stubbing out the habit in pub gardens

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

Johnson wants us to talk about the NHS instead of his future. Let’s do just that

The government’s latest diversionary tactic is a gimmick called ‘health week’. That isn’t wise, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022