46 h. ago DARREN LEWIS: 'Wes Streeting's views on mental health are a dangerous disgrace''

The Mirror's Assistant Editor, Columnist and Football Writer, Darren Lewis, weighs in on Health Secretary Wes Streeting's 'dangerous' comments about mental health problems being over-diagnosed

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50 h. ago Politics Weekly Westminster: the cabinet revolt over benefits cuts

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss whether the backlash to the government’s planned benefit cuts will result in a U-turn. And which other departments could face eye-watering cuts?To purchase tickets for Pippa Crerar’s live conversation with the health secretary, Wes Streeting, please visit: theguardian.com/WesStreetingEvent Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Politics Weekly Westminster: The cabinet revolt over benefit cuts

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss whether the backlash to the government’s planned benefit cuts will result in a U-turn. And which other departments could face eye-watering cuts?To purchase tickets for Pippa Crerar’s live conversation with the health secretary, Wes Streeting, please visit: theguardian.com/WesStreetingEvent Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Politics Weekly Westminster: cabinet fears over benefit cuts

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss whether the backlash to the government’s planned benefit cuts will result in a U-turn. And which other departments could face eye-watering cuts?To purchase tickets for Pippa Crerar’s live conversation with the health secretary, Wes Streeting, please visit: theguardian.com/WesStreetingEvent Continue reading...

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68 h. ago 'Scrapping NHS England means Labour has no one to blame if it fails to deliver'

'Health Secretary Wes Streeting is impatient for change as he knows the Government will have a big problem if it doesn't slash NHS waits by the general election,' writes Mirror Political Editor Lizzy Buchan

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3 d. ago Streeting ‘genuinely sorry’ for anxiety over job losses amid war on quangos

The Health Secretary said there will be ‘significant’ job cuts as a result of the Government’s shake-up of NHS administration.

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3 d. ago 'I can't sugar coat the fact there will be a significant number of job losses': Wes Streeting admits NHS is 'addicted to overspending' as Health Secretary prepares to axe even more quangos

The Health Secretary said he would not 'sugar coat the fact there will be a significant number of job losses' as he embarks upon a shake-up of health service structures.

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3 d. ago New vape laws criticised as poll suggests 95% of UK traders think they will hurt small businesses

Retailers in Health Secretary Wes Streeting's constituency have criticised new vape laws - as a shock poll shows 95 per cent of UK traders believe they will hurt small businesses.

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3 d. ago Health Secretary declines to be drawn on benefit freeze ‘speculation’

Reports suggest the Government could be preparing to abandon plans to freezethe personal independence payment.

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3 d. ago Deploying top doctors in high joblessness areas cuts NHS wait lists – Streeting

The Health Secretary started the scheme in September, tasking the clinicians with improving care in 20 areas.

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4 d. ago How shocking shortages and missed diagnoses lead to the preventable death of six innocent people

This  week marked 250 days since Wes Streeting took the reins as Health Secretary and pledged, heroically, to 'turn our health service around'.

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6 d. ago Wes Streeting's former aide refuses to quit as Labour councillor despite admitting exposing himself to 13

Sam Gould, 33, was fired as a constituency caseworker by the Health Secretary and expelled by Labour after he pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent exposure in court last week.

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7 d. ago Health secretary Wes Streeting ‘horrified’ after aide admits indecent exposure

Health secretary called for Sam Gould to resign as a councillor

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7 d. ago Health Secretary Streeting ‘horrified’ as aide admits indecent exposure

Wes Streeting said he had taken steps to sack his assistant Sam Gould, 33, as soon as the case came to light.

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8 d. ago London councillor working for Wes Streeting admits indecent exposure

London councillor working for Wes Streeting admits indecent exposure  Evening Standard

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8 d. ago London councillor working for Wes Streeting pleads guilty to indecent exposure

Sam Gould, a senior aide to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, unlawfully exposed himself in two incidents in east London

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2 w. ago NHS workers to get free Nuffield Health gym membership and personal trainer to combat shortages

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced programme with Nuffield Health for NHS workers suffering from muscle and joint pain - see where it will be offered first

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2 w. ago Wes Streeting wants to mobilise millions calling for 'Blitz spirit' to rebuild the NHS

Health Secretary Wes Streeting calls on Brits to consider a career on the NHS frontline - insisting it remains a funding priority despite new arms race in Europe and Russian aggression

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2 w. ago Suspect named after alleged sexual assault and indecent exposures in city centre

An 18-year-old man has been charged following a number of incidents in the city centre

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2 w. ago Starmer’s Trump meeting ‘spectacular success’, says Streeting, as Tories dismiss president’s backing for Chagos deal – UK politics live

Health secretary hails talks over defence, security and trade as Badenoch says her party will continue to oppose Chagos dealWes Streeting, the health secretary, was doing an interview round this morning to promote an announcement about a new contract for GPs in England. He claims it will end the “8am scramble” for GP appointments.Explaining how this would work, the Department of Health and Social Care says in its news release:The new deal agreed yesterday (February 27) between the government and British Medical Association (BMA) will free up doctors from red tape and box-ticking targets to concentrate on what they do best – treating patients.The new agreed contract will modernise general practice by requiring GP surgeries to allow patients to request appointments online throughout working hours from October, freeing up the phones for those who need them most, and making it easier for practices to triage patients based on medical need. The reforms are part of the government’s Plan fo...

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