28 m. ago I am loyal, honest! Wes Streeting rules out 'dream ticket' with Angela Rayner to challenge Starmer... as he claims 'maintenance man' jibe was NOT aimed at PM

Wes Streeting answered 'yes' when he was directly asked whether he could guarantee he will not join forces with the former Deputy PM to challenge Keir Starmer .

Politics

35 m. ago Wes Streeting rubbishes claims of Angela Rayner 'joint ticket' plot for No10

Health Secretary Wes Streeting categorically rules a leadership challenge with ex-Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner after reports claimed his allies were seeking a 'joint ticket'

Politics

97 m. ago NHS could 'collapse' this winter under twin threats of 'superflu' and Christmas strikes, Wes Streeting warns

Writing in The Times on Friday, Wes Streeting said the NHS faces a 'challenge unlike any it has seen since the pandemic'.

Events

2 h. ago 'Super flu' is posing threat to NHS unlike any since Covid pandemic, warns Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary called on resident doctors to call off their industrial action amid a sharp rise in flu cases across the country.

Events

10 h. ago Streeting: Christmas strikes could be the ‘Jenga piece’ that collapses NHS

The Health Secretary called on resident doctors to call off their industrial action amid a sharp rise in flu cases across the country.

Events

11 h. ago Wes Streeting facing fresh calls to scrap puberty blockers trial as it emerges the results will be based on survey of children's happiness

The controversial trial of puberty blockers will be judged by how happy children taking the drugs say they are, prompting fresh calls for it to be scrapped.

Politics

15 h. ago Voices: What will it take to keep resident doctors in work this winter?

Editorial: The health secretary will point to a ‘worst-case’ outbreak of flu sweeping hospital wards, a public losing sympathy with the strikes and a sensible offer on the negotiating table as he bids to steer a way through this NHS crisis

Science

22 h. ago Wes Streeting shares brutal 'maintenance department' verdict on Labour strategy

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting warned the Government was failing to communicate its achievements, and presenting itself as the 'maintenance department for the country'

Politics

23 h. ago Wes Streeting fuels Labour leadership frenzy with veiled barb at 'maintenance man' Keir Starmer

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been at the centre of intense speculation about his intentions amid growing doubts about the PM's prospects of survival.

Politics

24 h. ago Family told 'ambulances are not taxis' call for 'Yusuf's Law' after son, 5, died as they begged for help

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died in November 2022, just days after being assessed in hospital and sent home with antibiotics

Society

24 h. ago Flu cases in NHS hospitals jump 55% in one week, figures show

The NHS is under strain as it tackles high flu cases, with some hospitals asking people to wear face masks.

Science

24 h. ago Wes Streeting ‘frustrated’ by ‘technocratic approach’ to governing

The Health Secretary argued Labour must be better at communicating its achievements and values to voters.

Politics

25 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Do you support Wes Streeting's puberty blockers trial on children?

The NHS-backed experiment was branded 'grotesque' by the Tories , with Conservative Equalities spokesperson Claire Coutinho suggesting it was 'chemical castration'.

Politics

26 h. ago Doctors’ strike over Christmas a different degree of risk, says Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary has offered to extend the British Medical Association’s strike mandate if it calls off the action over the festive period.

Events

26 h. ago Shocking three words to family whose son, 5, died after being sent home from A&E

The family of Yusuf Mahmud Nazir have said the five-year-old has already saved 'hundreds and hundreds of children's lives' after they met Health Secretary Wes Streeting to discuss Yusuf's Law

Events

27 h. ago 'Risk' warning as record levels of people in hospital with flu

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has issued a warning

Events

27 h. ago Will the BMA call off the doctors strike? New offer raises hopes as superflu threatens to overwhelm hospitals

It comes as Health Secretary Wes Streeting warns a strike in the run-up to Christmas would carry a ‘much different degree of risk’ to other walkouts

Science

28 h. ago Family 'begged for antibiotics' and told 'ambulances are not taxis' before son, 5, died

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died in November 2022, eight days after he was sent home from hospital with antibiotics. His family met Health Secretary Wes Streeting to discuss their campaign for Yusuf's Law, with an inquest due in April

Events

34 h. ago Doctors could still strike during 'superflu' outbreak despite Wes Streeting's last

The British Medical Association has sparked fury by refusing to call off strikes planned for next week while it considers an improved offer from Wes Streeting.

Science

39 h. ago NHS doctor strike over Christmas could be called off after last ditch offer

But British Medical Association refuses to postpone strike while it ballots members so Wes Streeting says NHS operations will have to be cancelled regardless

Events