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'Imaginary hospitals' promised by Boris Johnson unlikely to be finished by election

The new hospitals promised in the Tories’ 2019 manifesto pledge turned out to be mainly refurbishments of existing buildings - while some of them had already been planned

Daily Mirror

Ministers admit they will break NHS pledge on hospital waiting times

Exclusive: Health department says it will miss July target of treating all patients in England waiting at least two years

The Guardian - UK

Labour slam Tories 'hidden NHS agenda' as Rishi Sunak vows £10 missed appointment fine

Tory leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak pledged a crackdown on 'waste' if he enters No10, with a plan to charge patients £10 for failing to turn up to appointments after a first offence

Daily Mirror

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Red on red as Labour big gun attacks Khan over cannabis

Sadiq Khan’s hopes of reforming the law on cannabis have been dealt a blow by a prominent Labour MP.

Evening Standard

While Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss play to the gallery, the NHS is breaking apart

When Maria Caulfield, the junior health minister, replied to an urgent question in the House of Commons by Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, on the ambulance crisis, she said she did not want to play politics with the National Health Service. It is a lovely thought but wholly naïve.…

Evening Standard

UK needs urgent vaccine drive to curb monkeypox, campaigners say

Terrence Higgins Trust says action must be stepped up to prevent disease becoming endemic

The Guardian - UK

Liverpool conference 'will show Labour is ready for government'

Shadow frontbencher says party excited to come to Liverpool in September and prove its governing credentials

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NHS will ‘break’ without ‘war footing’ plan to tackle backlog, Rishi Sunak to warn

‘If Rishi Sunak thinks NHS waiting lists are an emergency, why didn’t he do anything about it as chancellor?’ asks Wes Streeting

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting dismisses caller as they tear into Labour's attitude towards the SNP

LABOUR’S shadow health secretary dismissed concerns from a voter over his party’s attitude towards the SNP as he took calls from LBC listeners.

The National (Scotland)

Starmer privately asked whether he should resign from Corbyn’s top team, Streeting says

Streeting says he did not ‘judge’ Sir Keir for remaining in shadow cabinet

The Independent UK

Minister: Parents who have miscarriages before 24 weeks can record ‘tragic loss’

Health Secretary Steve Barclay spoke about the need to ‘improve care for women and their partners who experienced the tragedy of pregnancy loss’.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting slams government NHS mess as 34,000 in Merseyside wait for cancer scans

Shadow health secretary visited Merseyside and pledged that a Labour government would fix the crisis in the National Health Service

Liverpool Echo

Keir Starmer scraps pledge to end NHS private sector outsourcing

Labour leader suggests breaking promise could help him win election

The Independent UK

Heatwave putting ambulance service under pressure normally seen in winter, says minister

Health minister Maria Caulfield said the situation was extremely concerning for the months ahead.

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The Independent UK

Ambulance service facing sort of pressure normally seen in winter, says minister

Maria Caulfield said the situation was extremely concerning for the months ahead.

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All ambulance services in England ‘on highest level of alert’ and facing extreme pressure

Services across England are currently on REAP 4 status - the highest level of alert known across the country.

The Independent UK

All ambulance services in England ‘on highest level of alert’

Hot weather, Covid staff absences and problems handing over patients to A&E have led to a crisis for ambulances

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries tells MP to ‘wake up’ after he fell for parody twitter account

Labour MP Wes Streeting appeared to believe a parody account pretending to be the Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Secretary.

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Evening Standard

The Standard View: Dying while you wait for NHS treatment

The effects of the pandemic are still with the NHS. It’s one reason why so many people are dying on the waiting list — which now stands at 6.4 million, the biggest number ever. But what should particularly concern us is that about 323,000 were waiting over a year for…

Evening Standard

‘Cancer treatment means I’d be well placed as health secretary,’ Wes Streeting says

The Shadow Health Secretary described ‘one of the most difficult periods of my life’

Evening Standard

‘117,000 die on waiting lists for NHS’

Figures reveal double the number of deaths than before the pandemic as 6.5 million wait for treatment

The Guardian - UK

Labour to aim to launch national care service inspired by creation of NHS

Exclusive: shadow health secretary says service in England would be brought in over several parliaments

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's 40 'new' hospitals election boast to be probed by audit watchdog

The National Audit Office will carry out a 'value for money' review that reports back next year on spiralling inflation - and whether the 40 projects are really 'new' at all

The National (Scotland)

Watchdog considers review into Boris Johnson’s 40 ‘new hospitals’ vow

ONE of Boris Johnson’s key election promises is coming under the microscope of the Government’s official spending watchdog.

Tribune News Service

Johnson’s party faces probe into hospital vow as scandals mount

The U.K. government’s official spending watchdog is planning an investigation into Boris Johnson’s election promises to build 40 new hospitals, an unexpected probe set to add to the litany of troubles surrounding the prime minister.

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