The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

Health workers to go door-to-door under new NHS plans to tackle sickness rates across England

A community health worker will be allocated 120 homes to visit every month

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2025

Streeting defends Labour’s national insurance hike as health secretary urges Farage to ‘come clean’ over Reform’s NHS plans

Exclusive: Labour is continuing to ramp up the pressure on Reform UK, urging Nigel Farage to ‘come clean’ about his plans for an insurance-style funding model for the NHS

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2025

Redundancy payouts could reach £1bn in NHS shake-up

Between 20,000 and 30,000 jobs to be lost as Labour abolishes NHS England and oversees cuts at care boards and trusts

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025

Starmer and Rayner launch local election campaign as Labour talks up NHS

The Prime Minister and his deputy will visit the Midlands on Thursday as the party asks voters ‘to play their part’ in delivering national renewal.

Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025

Major poll reveals ‘startling collapse’ in public satisfaction with NHS

The poll found people still believe in the founding principles of the NHS and the majority believe it needs more money and staff.

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025

Charity urges Government to consider needs of teenagers in national cancer plan

The Teenage Cancer Trust warned that patients in the 13 to 24 age group were ‘often overlooked’.

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

‘Cabinet no longer feels safe’: Labour MPs criticise briefings against female ministers

Female MPs say they are unnerved by how women seem to be taking brunt of anger over government decisions

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2025

Wes Streeting takes £53k from private healthcare recruiter before NHS job cuts

WES Streeting accepted over £50,000 from a firm involved in private healthcare recruitment just weeks before axing thousands of NHS jobs ...

The National (Scotland) · Mar 28, 2025

No work for me after training as a midwife

Letter: Zoe Green says it is unethical to expect students to pay almost £10,000 and have little prospect of finding work, while the NHS continues to hire staff from abroad

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025

One in four Britons now say they are disabled, figures show

Mental health crisis fuelled by lockdown drives 40% surge in adults with physical impairments and severe mental health conditions in a decade

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2025