The Latest Breaking News from Steve Barclay

Barclay admits 40 new hospitals pledge will cover ‘a range’ of building work

The Health Secretary said the pledge would involve work including refurbishments and the development of new wings.

The Independent UK · May 28, 2023

Barclay refuses to give deadline for long-promised NHS workforce plan

But the Health Secretary said it will be published ‘very shortly’.

The Independent UK · May 28, 2023

Tory Health Secretary confronted by junior doctor on live TV as 72-hour strike looms

The British Medical Association's junior doctors' committee co-chair Vivek Trivedi challenged the Tory minister after he suggested doctors were being unreasonable

Daily Mirror · May 28, 2023

UK health minister says will not negotiate on pay with nurses' union

Britain's health minister, Steve Barclay, said on Sunday that the government would not negotiate on pay with the nurses' union, as the threat of further strikes looms.

Reuters · May 28, 2023

Campaigners hail success as Government commit to funding new Whipps Cross hospital

New facility to be built after MPs and local residents raised concerns over ‘dilapidated’ Leytonstone hospital

Evening Standard · May 26, 2023

6 bits of bad news slipped out by the Tories as MPs go on half-term break

On the final day of Parliament before recess - dubbed ‘Take Out the Trash Day’ - the Government rushed out a flurry of announcements. Here's what you might have missed...

Daily Mirror · May 26, 2023

Broken pledge over 40 new hospitals will leave NHS ‘crumbling’, ministers told

Health experts and MPs criticise Steve Barclay’s delays to some projects and failure to offer sufficient funding

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

Tories told to 'come clean' after admitting delays to 8 hospitals promised by 2030

Health Secretary Steve Barclay admitted that some of the original facilities will not be completed by the end of the decade as focus is shifting to five hospitals deemed 'not safe to operate beyond 2030'

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2023

Government committed to building 40 new hospitals by 2030 – Barclay (cloned)

Some hospitals at risk of collapse and in need of an upgrade will now be added to the programme instead of some where work is delayed.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

Labour claims Tories won’t meet pledge to build 40 new hospitals by 2030

Pledge ‘simply not going to happen’, says shadow health secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023