The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

Tom Dolphin: BMA’s new chair who’s taking on government despite bid to be Labour MP

As members vote to strike for a 29% pay rise, new elected chair of UK’s main doctors union says he is no party lackey

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025

Health Secretary to meet BMA ahead of planned strike action by resident doctors

Resident doctors in England are set to walk out for five consecutive days from 7am on July 25 amid a pay dispute with the Government.

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2025

Junior doctors and Streeting set for showdown talks in last-ditch bid to avoid ‘dangerous’ 5-day NHS strike

Labour health secretary set to meet doctors’ union as new poll shows collapse in public support

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2025

The doctors’ strike threatens to scupper the NHS’s recovery – this time, the BMA has overreached

Britain is now a poorer country, with stagnant growth. In this pay climate, the doctors are in danger of seeing public support ebb away, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025

Voices: Why the resident doctors are wrong to go on a five-day strike

COMMENT: There are valid issues for resident doctors to settle, but this week’s strike will further erode people’s trust in the NHS – and could hasten the end of the healthcare system altogether, warns John Oldham, GP for 29 years and a senior adviser to Wes Streeting

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Resident doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, BMA chair says

Exclusive: Tom Dolphin says rise needed to redress real-terms earnings loss since 2008 and strikes could last years

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025

Doctors to refer people with depression to job coaches under new government plan

Doctors in England will be encouraged to refer patients to the gym or job coaches instead of signing them off as "not fit for work", under a new government pilot scheme.

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Doctors are told to send people to the gym and job coaches instead of writing sick notes

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the UK could no longer afford to ‘keep writing people off’

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025

TV doctor and IVF pioneer Robert Winston quits BMA over ‘damaging’ strikes

Professor Robert Winston told the Times that resident doctors’ strikes could harm people’s trust in the profession.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025

TV doctor Robert Winston quits BMA over ‘damaging’ strikes

Professor Robert Winston told the Times that resident doctors’ strikes could harm people’s trust in the profession.

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025