Labour frontbencher condemns Tories' 'trickle down bull***t' The shadow business secretary said he is 'sick' of the Conservatives’ approach Wales Online · Sep 25, 2022
Labour vow to kick financial 'sharks' out of care homes with fair pay for workers Shadow Health and Care Secretary Wes Streeting today pledges to kick out the financial “sharks” that have taken over the nation’s care homes and reverse declining standards at our elderly facilities Daily Mirror · Sep 24, 2022
Labour pledges to build National Care Service enforcing high standards in homes The party accused some private equity-owned care homes of spending ‘hundreds of millions servicing debt and avoiding tax’. The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022
Question Time attempts to address bias criticism - but is warned it's not enough QUESTION Time still has “some way to go” before it can be considered fair and balanced, the SNP have said, following apparent attempts by… The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2022
Tory Edward Leigh suggests replacing the NHS with France-style insurance system Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting told the Mirror the Conservatives have "never truly believed in the NHS, that’s why they accept lower standards and longer waiting times for patients". Daily Mirror · Sep 22, 2022
Health secretary sets up £500m fund to discharge medically fit NHS patients Thérèse Coffey announces measure aimed at freeing up beds in hospitals in England before winter pressures The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022
Health Secretary pledges to tackle GP access and keep A&E target Therese Coffey said a range of workers will be used to ease the burden on GPs. The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022
Thérèse Coffey unveils new NHS plan including 7,000 more hospital beds and £500m social care fund But Labour’s Wes Streeting blasts Coffey’s ‘ABCD’ proposals as ‘Sesame Street’ Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2022
Tory NHS plan will not fix shortage of doctors and nurses, says Wes Streeting Shadow health secretary says medics are suffering ‘moral injury’ because they cannot deliver best care The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022
May I have a word about… when politicians are ‘absolutely clear’ They’re all at it. And what does it mean? One thing’s for sure: clarity has nothing to do with it The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2022
Health Secretary is told frontline staff believe NHS has ‘collapsed’ Health Secretary Steve Barclay sought to play down the concerns raised by senior frontline clinicians. The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022
Labour guided by ‘common sense’ not ideology to fix country, says Starmer Sir Keir Starmer warned that the ‘centre is not holding. The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022
Tories 'planning to lose next election' says Labour's Wes Streeting Wes Streeting points to the decision by the current Government to cap the number of medical students as evidence for his claim Daily Mirror · Sep 3, 2022
Tories planning to lose next general election, Labour’s Wes Streeting says Shadow health secretary says Conservative plans to cap NHS recruitment are shortsighted The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2022
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022 Tories ‘planning to lose’ next election, says top Labour MP It comes as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said that he will use his party’s conference later this month to set out a “roadmap for Britain”.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2022 Doctors’ pensions: Labour would abolish cap, says Wes Streeting Scrapping of ‘crazy’ cap that leads to early retirements would ‘inevitably save lives’, says shadow health secretary
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022 Hospital patient faced nine-month social care wait before discharge, study finds Labour said it was ‘horrifying’ that patients fit to be sent home were stuck so long in hospital beds.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2022 NHS hospital wait times above 18 weeks at a third of departments New data shows average waits for treatment at some hospitals are above 30 weeks
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 GPs reject Treasury plan for them to prescribe money off energy bills It ‘beggars belief’ that ministers think doctors could assess if patients were vulnerable enough to need help, says GP leader
The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022 Government ‘has lost the plot’ over plan for GPs to prescribe heating bill discounts Labour dismisses idea reportedly being discussed by Treasury officials
Daily Mirror · Aug 16, 2022 'Imaginary hospitals' promised by Boris Johnson unlikely to be finished by election The new hospitals promised in the Tories’ 2019 manifesto pledge turned out to be mainly refurbishments of existing buildings - while some of them had already been planned
The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2022 Ministers admit they will break NHS pledge on hospital waiting times Exclusive: Health department says it will miss July target of treating all patients in England waiting at least two years
Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022 Labour slam Tories 'hidden NHS agenda' as Rishi Sunak vows £10 missed appointment fine Tory leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak pledged a crackdown on 'waste' if he enters No10, with a plan to charge patients £10 for failing to turn up to appointments after a first offence
Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2022 Red on red as Labour big gun attacks Khan over cannabis Sadiq Khan’s hopes of reforming the law on cannabis have been dealt a blow by a prominent Labour MP.
Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2022 While Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss play to the gallery, the NHS is breaking apart When Maria Caulfield, the junior health minister, replied to an urgent question in the House of Commons by Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, on the ambulance crisis, she said she did not want to play politics with the National Health Service. It is a lovely thought but wholly naïve.…