23 h. ago Wes Streeting blasts doctors’ strike as ‘slap in the face’ for NHS

Exclusive: Writing in The Independent, the health secretary accused the BMA of trying to ‘wreck’ the health service’s recovery with a ‘rush to industrial action’ – claiming it will only play into Nigel Farage’s hands

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26 h. ago Doctors in England to go on strike for five days in November

Resident doctors, previously named junior doctors, make up around half of all doctors in the NHS.

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27 h. ago Starmer has faith in Phillips as grooming gangs victims call for her to quit

Four women who quit the inquiry’s victims liaison panel have said they would be prepared to return if Phillips resigns.

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30 h. ago CQC chief executive steps down amid Leeds maternity investigation

Sir Julian Hartley stepped down after raising concerns that his position may ‘undermine trust and confidence’ in the Commission’s regulation.

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41 h. ago Millions of women to benefit from major NHS menopause update after ‘suffering in silence for too long’

MENOPAUSE help will be added to NHS health checks for over-40s for the first time. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: “Women have suffered in silence for too long.” Everyone aged 40 to 79 can get five-yearly health checks free on the NHS to spot signs of ill health and catch diseases early. Medics will now...

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51 h. ago Rayner vows to pay any taxes owed over home purchase in resignation statement

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for a ‘mistake’ she made over unpaid stamp duty.

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3 d. ago Streeting warns of ‘challenging winter’ for NHS and condemns use of cafe as ward

The Health Secretary told the Commons the NHS is ‘already running hot ahead of winter’, but said the Government is ‘not complacent about that’.

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4 d. ago Bereaved parents warn victims in a maternity scandal 'could snowball' after inquiry announced

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he was "shocked" about “potentially avoidable harm to babies and mothers" at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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4 d. ago Wes Streeting launches independent inquiry into maternity failures by Leeds hospitals

Families call for Donna Ockenden to head up new independent inquiry into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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4 d. ago Families welcome independent inquiry into maternity services at NHS Trust

Bereaved families have welcomed the independent inquiry into maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS.

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6 d. ago Wes Streeting heralds 'landmark moment for NHS' with new DNA test to stop cancers

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says ‘whole genome sequencing’ test - which diagnosed eye cancer in newborn Freddie - can now stop the disease before it does damage

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8 d. ago PPE Medpro: Baroness Michelle Mone linked firm fails to repay £122 million to UK government by deadline

Wes Streeting says the UK Government will ‘pursue PPE Medpro with everything we’ve got’

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9 d. ago PPE Medpro fails to meet deadline to repay Government almost £122m after ruling

Mrs Justice Cockerill previously ruled that PPE Medpro had breached a contract for millions of surgical gowns during the coronavirus pandemic.

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1 week ago Death of women and children in childbirth ‘normalised’, Streeting says

A Commons debate on baby loss comes during ‘rapid’ national investigation into maternity care in England

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1 week ago If in doubt... blame Brexit! Wes Streeting moans that Labour is having to 'deal with' EU split as Brits face even HIGHER taxes

Wes Streeting complained the government is still having to 'deal with' the fallout from leaving the EU as he admitted Brits are struggling under the weight of tax.

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1 week ago I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

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1 week ago Mother hopes for ‘day of reckoning’ after daughter’s pollution

Campaigner Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah spoke outside the Royal Courts of Justice ahead of the start of a trial against car manufacturers.

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1 week ago UK weight loss jab sales increase sevenfold to 2.5 million, new figures show

Health secretary Wes Streeting wants to make the drugs more widely available on the NHS

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1 week ago Voices: My GP told me my diagnosis over text. Is this Wes Streeting’s vision for the NHS?

The Independent’s health correspondent Rebecca Thomas has spent years working with women with endometriosis, but how her GP delivered the news that she too has the condition left her appalled beyond measure

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2 w. ago Antisemitic doctors to be banned from treating patients as Wes Streeting vows to overhaul 'failing' watchdog system

Dr Rahmeh Aladwan (pictured) , a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, was investigated by an interim orders tribunal last month over her social media posts.

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