ASA cracks down on online pharmacies advertising weight loss injections Watchdog releases nine new rulings setting clear precedents for online selling The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025
First neighbourhood health services to be rolled out from September The initiative is part of the Government’s 10-year health plan, which was unveiled by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last week. The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025
Wes Streeting warns doctors the public 'will not forgive' them for striking - and there's no cash for pay rises It comes after the British Medical association voted to strike over pay Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025
Resident doctors’ strikes risk derailing Labour’s NHS recovery plan With waiting lists high and pay talks deadlocked, fresh round of industrial action could undermine Starmer’s health pledges The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025
NHS disruption expected as resident doctors vote for strike action Resident doctor members of the British Medical Association have taken industrial action 11 times since 2022. Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025
NHS bosses fear fresh resident doctors’ strikes could embolden other staff The Royal College of Nursing and Unison are undertaking indicative ballots to assess members’ willingness to strike The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025
Mesh victims ‘still fighting for justice’ five years on from review Campaigners have accused governments of ‘dragging their feet’ on implementing all the recommendations set out in a report into the scandal. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
Voices: ‘Lofty ambition, very little detail’: Readers react to Labour’s 10-year plan for the NHS THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Readers broadly welcomed the ambition of Labour’s 10-year NHS plan but questioned whether, without proper funding, staffing and delivery detail, it could ever live up to its promises The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
Wes Streeting calls John Swinney an 'analogue politician' amid NHS row WES Streeting has called John Swinney an “analogue politician in a digital age” over Scotland not yet having an NHS app ... The National (Scotland) · Jul 7, 2025
Half of Britons oppose fining supermarkets failing healthy food targets Supermarkets could be fined if they do not sell healthier food, under a new Government plan announced last week to tackle obesity. Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025
NHS bosses fear fresh strikes in England as resident doctors seek 29% pay rise Hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments could be cancelled if BMA members vote for series of stoppages The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025
The leadership rumours inside Labour that speak volumes about Starmer’s future NEWS ANALYSIS: Voters are unconvinced they have seen much change after the ‘14 years of Tory failure’ that Starmer so often talks about. Every day that this sentiment is allowed to fester, the likelihood of a coup within the Labour Party increases, writes Millie Cooke The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2025
We now know what Starmerism is – but the prime minister lacks an inspirational vision NEWS ANALYSIS: As Sir Keir Starmer marks a year since his huge general election victory, he still has a lot to prove if he wants to continue being prime minister, writes David Maddox The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025
Voices: Will Corbyn’s new hard-left party prove to be Starmer’s mission impossible? INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Former Labour MP Zarah Sultana jumped the gun when announcing the new party, but even so it potentially poses a major risk to the PM – especially after what has been a nightmare first year in power, writes Andrew Grice The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025 Labour’s 10-year health plan for the NHS is bold, radical – and familiar The health service transformation proposed for England faces daunting challenges that overwhelmed earlier attempts at reform
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025 Streeting sets out digital overhaul of NHS centred on ‘doctor in your pocket’ app Health secretary banks on resulting efficiencies to reduce number of frontline workers in 10-year health plan
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025 The Guardian view on Labour’s NHS plan: it is right to celebrate medical science, but delivery is the hard part Editorial: Local clinics and technology could drive improvement if reorganisation doesn’t slow things down
The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2025 The success of this government now rests in Wes Streeting’s hands THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour’s vision for a new era for NHS England – one with community hubs, artificial intelligence and early diagnosis at its heart – could be a model of public policymaking. But if it is to have a chance of success, the health secretary must now persuade…
The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2025 Rachel Reeves insists she’s ‘cracking on with the job’ as she hugs Starmer after Commons tears The prime minister and chancellor shared a hug as they moved to calm the markets after a tumultuous week which saw tears in the Commons during PMQs
International Business Times UK · Jul 3, 2025 UK to Give Britons More Access to Weight-Loss Drugs: Inside The Mission to Be 'Fat-Free' Health Secretary Wes Streeting mentioned that they are targeting to slash levies on these weight-loss drugs for greater access for the public.
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 OPINION - A 'fat free' Britain by 2035? Slim chance of that It seems fair to say this government, turning one year old this week, has not yet achieved a reputation for speedy resolution of major national crises. Yet within the new 10 Year Health Plan is a radical plan – to make Britain “fat free” by 2035.
The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2025 Voices: For crying out loud: Are you ready for the ‘politics of pain’ about to hit us? COMMENT: I once accused the PM and his chancellor of being too gloomy, writes John Rentoul. Turns out they were not gloomy enough – and they’ll have to lead the nation through another vale of tears
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025 SMILE! It’s just a normal day for Labour’s happy family of Keir, Rachel and Wes Streeting gave a normal speech to show how normal everything was and Starmer tried to channel his most caring self
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 New NHS plan shows ‘future already looks better’ under Labour – Starmer Patients will be given more control of their health via the NHS app, while there will be less reliance on hospitals, the plan says.
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care, Streeting warned Social care was described as a ‘very significant question’ hanging over the blueprint by the shadow health secretary.