The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

Starmer wants the economy to grow, baby, grow. Woe betide the ‘blockers’ who get in his way

By sweeping aside everyone from local planners to defenders of the green belt, Labour is handing a gift to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025

Norovirus grips NHS as beds continue to be taken up by medically fit people

An average of 41% of patients ready to leave hospital last week were discharged each day, according to data from NHS England.

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

A&E will be swamped by half of England’s population every year unless NHS reformed, warns top doctor

NHS national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said the NHS ‘must go for broke’ to move care into communities if it wants to avoid overcrowded A&Es in the next decade

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Work on some of Boris Johnson’s ‘40 new hospitals’ will not start until 2039

Health secretary calls Tory plan ‘a work of fiction’ as Lib Dems accuse Labour of a ‘double betrayal’ of the public

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

Johnson plan to build 40 new hospitals ‘unachievable’, Streeting told

Health secretary to set out revised plans in Commons after warning from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

The Guardian view on corridor care: the normalisation of crisis is shocking

Editorial: A&E nurses should not be delivering care in hallways. The result is increased suffering

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025

Half of new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson will not be built for years

Exclusive: Labour to announce delay to many of 40 planned projects as costs spiral to estimated £30bn

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

This could be the toughest winter in NHS history. Here’s a simple way we can all help

Patients are dying on hospital trolleys, and nurses are treating them in corridors. The very least we can do is get vaccinated, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

‘I was stuck for 12 hours with no water': Inside crisis in London A&Es as patients face ‘horrendous’ waits

A severe flu wave has left hospitals overwhelmed and staff at breaking point. The Standard speaks to patients feeling the impact

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025

NHS patients dying in corridors and going undiscovered for hours, damning report finds

‘Harrowing’ report tells of patients sitting for days in chairs due to a lack of beds, patients piling up in corridors and delays to treatment

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025