The Latest Breaking News from Steve Barclay

Heart attack and stroke victims must be helped during paramedic strike, says Health Secretary

Stroke and burns patients must be covered by crews, demands minister

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2022

Strep A: ‘Patchy’ penicillin supply as demand for antibiotics rises

‘We simply cannot get the products. It’s patchy,’ industry boss says

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Ambulances may not get to all emergency calls during strikes, says Barclay

Health secretary says it is not yet certain if staff in England and Wales will respond to calls from people who have had heart attacks

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Government in 'close contact' with medical suppliers over Strep A outbreak as nine children die

A five-year-old girl has become the latest child to die with the infection

Manchester Evening News · Dec 7, 2022

Some GPs may lack antibiotics for Strep A but UK has ‘good’ supplies, says Health Secretary

Steve Barclay said parents should be ‘vigilant’ about the risk of children getting seriously ill from Strep A

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2022

Rishi Sunak under pressure to step in to avert strikes in ‘winter of discontent’

Ambulance workers to walk out on 21 December, as rail strikes confirmed for next week

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Strep A: Patients with sore throats can see GP on SAME DAY as infection sweeps UK

Patients with sore throats are being fast-tracked GP appointments if they have symptoms of Strep A as the deadly bacterial infection spreads across the UK, with nine confirmed deaths

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

‘My door is open’, Health Secretary tells striking nurses

Steve Barclay made the claim as he faced suggestions from Labour he was “using nurses as a scapegoat to avoid blame” for the difficult winter ahead.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Ministers to overhaul NHS pension rules to encourage doctors to work on

Government officials said changes will remove financial penalties for senior clinicians who want to carry on working.

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Tory chairman’s ‘NHS strikes help Putin’ claim dismissed as ‘ludicrous’

Nadhim Zahawi urges nurses to call off strikes and negotiate but union says it is ministers who are refusing to talk

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022