The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

Doctor treating record numbers of malnourished patients as food poverty on the rise

Mum-of-two Kelly Thomson told how she has been hospitalised with malnutrition twice after eating just one meal a day so she had enough to feed her kids, aged 14 and 11

Daily Mirror · Oct 29, 2022

‘A better partner’: Labour woos big business in bid to oust Rishi Sunak

Wes Streeting and Jonathan Reynolds test water with pharma firm GSK as party prepares for election

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022

It is not true the NHS is ‘envy of the world’, says Wes Streeting

Shadow health secretary says NHS is struggling due to underinvestment, as he commits to workforce expansion

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022

Health secretary’s ‘careless’ comments on pay will drive out nurses, warns Labour

‘Nurses are leaving in droves and all the Health Secretary can say is ‘don’t let the door hit you on the way out’’, says Wes Streeting

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

NHS pays £4.3billion to private firms for agency staff due to lack of nurses

Health service figures show there are more nursing vacancies than ever before as Conservatives fail on pledge to cut spending on agency nurses, which costs NHS hundreds of millions of pounds a year

Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

UK care home where workers abused resident may face criminal action

CQC ‘reviewing evidence’ after footage shows 88-year-old Ann King’s treatment at Reigate Grange

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022

Former Labour shadow minister deselected in his constituency

A FORMER Labour shadow minister who was sacked from the party's front bench earlier this year has been de-selected in his constituency. 

The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2022

Sam Tarry deselected as MP by Ilford South Labour members

Jas Athwal, leader of Redbridge council, wins hustings vote by 499 to 361 after constituency triggered reselection

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

NHS blunders rise by 60% in five years as op bungles hit 14,000 and severe cases soar

Errors included two women left infertile after their ovaries were wrongly removed. Injections and invasive tests were given to the wrong patients and in 39 cases foreign objects were left inside bodies

Daily Mirror · Oct 1, 2022

Face-to-face GP appointments at highest level since start of pandemic

NHS Digital data shows 66.1% of appointments with family doctors in England were done in person in August.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022