11 h. ago Health Secretary Wes Streeting says there 'isn't a budget' in NHS for assisted dying law

The Health Secretary - one of the top opponents of the legislation - said assisted dying would take 'time and money' away from other parts of the health service

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24 h. ago Streeting: Assisted dying will take ‘time and money that is in short supply’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said there is no budget for the assisted dying service, indicating cash might have to come from ‘trade-offs’ elsewhere.

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37 h. ago Every baby in UK to have DNA mapped under NHS ‘genomics revolution’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said advances in genomics could allow people to “leapfrog” life-threatening illnesses and receive “personalised” care

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46 h. ago Every newborn baby in the UK will have DNA screening in NHS 'revolution' to battle killer diseases, Wes Streeting reveals

The health secretary Wes Streeting said new technology in areas such as genomics would help 'leapfrog' illnesses.

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1 week ago NHS waiting list for planned treatment falls to lowest level in two years

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘putting the NHS on the road to recovery’.

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

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

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1 week ago 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.

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1 week ago 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.

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2 w. ago NHS app to become default source for appointments, screenings and test results

Millions more people will receive personal health information directly to their smartphones within the next three years.

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2 w. ago Health Secretary to unveil 'death of the doctor's letter' in digital first switch to help slash NHS postage bills

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will unveil plans to switch to a 'digital first' system, with almost all patient communications made via the NHS app.

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3 w. ago Voices: The NHS is finally on the road to recovery – I urge doctors not to go on strike

This government inherited an NHS on its knees – for the sake of the patients, I hope that resident doctors decide against a strike that would only set back the clear progress we are making, says health secretary Wes Streeting

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