The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

Family doctors could run hospitals in NHS shake-up, says Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary will set out radical reforms for the NHS in England

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025

Weight loss jabs could be transformative, says outgoing NHS England official

An estimated 1.5 million people are taking weight loss jabs in the UK.

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025

Hospitals could run GP surgeries under NHS reforms – Streeting

Wes Streeting addressed healthcare leaders at the NHS ConfedExpo conference.

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025

Robotic surgeries set to soar under NHS plans

Around 70,000 robot-assisted surgeries took place in the NHS in England last year.

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

NHS plans more robotic surgeries to speed up patient care and treatment

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that innovative technologies will ‘transform the NHS’

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

Emergency workers to get greater protection from racial abuse in house calls

It is illegal to racially or religiously abuse anyone in public, but this does not extend to within a private home under the Public Order Act.

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

Voices: Wes Streeting has won the spending review – but will he blow his winnings?

COMMENT: The NHS will emerge from Rachel Reeves’s funding announcement positively awash with extra cash – but alarm bells should already be ringing about the fall in productivity across the health service, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

Nottingham attack families ask Streeting for names of staff who treated killer

Valdo Calocane killed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in the city in June 2023.

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025

Nottingham attack families to meet Streeting after questions ‘stonewalled’

Valdo Calocane was treated by mental health staff before killing three people and attempting to kill three others.

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2025

Senior medics in England say more resident doctor strikes would be futile

Exclusive: Letter from six top figures says more walkouts by junior colleagues would help those who oppose the NHS

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025