The Latest Breaking News from Steve Brine

Patients harmed in NHS scandals waiting too long for redress, MPs say

Recommendations were made more than two years ago after a report concluded patients came to ‘avoidable harm’ in the healthcare system.

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

Crisis-hit NHS ‘can’t keep up’ with too few staff to treat patients safely, warn senior MPs

Demand for healthcare has gone ‘through the roof,’ warns Tory health committee chair Steve Brine

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023

Rishi Sunak ‘shelves Liz Truss’s free childcare reforms’

PM told he would be ‘daft’ not pursue reforms which could ‘detoxify the Tory brand’

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023

Ministers urged to get NHS pay reviewers to think again to halt nurses strikes

Conservative chairman of the Commons Health Committee Steve Brine said it would be a “sensible answer” to ending the strike.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Cancer doctors warn of ‘watershed’ moment for services after 8,000 excess deaths

Ministers accused of failing to accept ‘true scale of problem’ post-Covid

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

RCN accuse government of ‘belligerence’ as talks to avert strike action fail; Wales strikes to go ahead – as it happened

Royal College of Nursing says Steve Barclay refused to discuss pay at meeting on Monday; Welsh nurses to strike after last-minute talks fail

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

Senior Tory says Health Secretary must meet nursing chiefs to prevent strikes

Health Committee Chairman Steve Brine broke ranks to urge the Government to get round the table with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ahead of the first of its planned strikes on Thursday

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

MPs to examine issues surrounding law on assisted dying

Commons Health and Care Committee chairman Steve Brine said MPs would approach the issue with ‘compassion and an open mind’.

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Government urged to bring forward plan to tackle cancer treatment backlog

Steve Brine, the new health and social care committee chairman, said he would make tackling the backlog his top priority.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

Tory MP previously flagged for outside jobs made Health Select Committee chair

A TORY MP who was flagged by a lobbying watchdog over external jobs with pharma companies has been made the chair of the Health Select Committee.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 2, 2022