13 h. ago Parents offered new NHS chickenpox jab for thousands of children

The NHS is introducing a chickenpox vaccine as part of its routine childhood immunisation programme for the first time, with eligible children to receive the combined MMRV jab

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14 h. ago Labour MP blasts Wes Streeting over 'immoral' puberty blocker trial branding it a 'shameful experiment on children'

Jonathan Hinder, the MP for Pendle and Clitheroe, branded the 'immoral' trial as 'a shameful experiment on children'.

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14 h. ago Wes Streeting issues cold snap warning as pressure on NHS intensifies

The Health Secretary urged the public to only use A&E in genuine emergences

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15 h. ago Wes Streeting says ‘bitingly cold snap’ puts extra pressure on NHS hospitals

Data shows there can be a rise in heart attacks, strokes and respiratory illnesses during a cold snap as well as increased risk of trips and falls.

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16 h. ago Wes Streeting urges ‘ignore the sceptics’ on new NHS chickenpox vaccine rollout today

GPs will be contacting parents to offer the new vaccine which is hoped to cut down the need for hospital treatment for chickenpox

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26 h. ago New MMRV jab that protects against chickenpox available on NHS today – is your child eligible?

CHICKENPOX vaccines will be rolled out to all children on the NHS for the first time from today. Protection against the varicella virus will be added to the measles, mumps and rubella jab in a four-in-one called MMRV. It has been used for years in the USA, Canada and Germany. British children will now be...

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26 h. ago Chickenpox vaccine has officially been launched by NHS in 'historic milestone'

Childhood MMR vaccine - which protects against measles, mumps and rubella - will now become a combined MMRV to also build immunity against the chickenpox virus

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61 h. ago New ambulance fleet rolled out in London as NHS battles super flu surge

The £75million investment in 500 emergency units represents one of the biggest upgrades to the NHS fleet in years

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6 d. ago Trans mob's plot to smash up the offices of senior politicians

Militant group Bash Back has said its sights are set on senior politicians' offices, including the Prime Minister's and Wes Streeting - just months after vandalising his constituency office.

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6 d. ago The year in patriarchy: Taylor Swift, Trump 2.0 and the Epstein files | Arwa Mahdawi

The year 2025 saw a Swift engagement, a rapid rollback of rights and a slow release of the heavily redacted Epstein filesThe year 2025 would have been far better if we could have sent a few billionaires and world leaders into intergalactic exile. Instead, we had to make do with Katy Perry spending 11 minutes on the edge of space as part of Blue Origin’s all-female crewed mission. Perry promised us all that, in service of women’s empowerment, the crew would “put the ‘ass’ in astronaut” and “make space and science glam”. Truly, one giant leap for womankind!Space may have got glam, but it was another glum year for many on Earth. The war in Ukraine continued, with increasing numbers of women volunteering to fight. The civil war in Sudan raged on, with the UN urging the world not to ignore harrowing details of targeted sexual violence, torture, and abductions from the region. The slaughter in Sudan is so extreme that the blood can even be seen from space. Although I’m not sure the billio...

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7 d. ago Mixed sex wards used a record 5,000 times in a single month – despite Wes Streeting condemning practice

Exclusive: Health secretary hit out at Tories over breaches before last year’s election – but they’ve since reached a 15-year high

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8 d. ago Record number of NHS staff are dismissed after Wes Streeting introduces 'zero tolerance' policy on poor performances

There were nearly 7,000 dismissals in 2024-25, according to NHS data, up nearly by double two years ago when there were around 4,000 were dismissed.

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1 week ago WES STREETING: 'Care leavers face more challenges by 18 than most face in lifetime

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting writes for The Mirror as the government says all care leavers will get free prescriptions, dental treatment, and eye care until they turn 25

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1 week ago Care leavers to get free prescriptions, dental and eyecare services until age of 25

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the new measures will help those in care who have the toughest start in life - and face a 'barrage of health inequalities'

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1 week ago Care leavers to get free prescriptions and dental care until they are 25

Wes Streeting said the change is being made in recognition of the difficulties young people face if they have grown up in care.

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1 week ago Wes Streeting's bid to cosy up to the EU is an 'early shot' at a challenge to Sir Keir Starmer

The Health Secretary was on Monday accused of rolling the pitch for a leadership challenge after he used an interview to make the case for a 'closer trading relationship' with Brussels.

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1 week ago Starmer ‘very happy’ with Cabinet and sticking to EU ‘red lines’ – No 10

The response came after Wes Streeting appeared to back joining a customs union with Brussels.

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1 week ago Wes Streeting 'only backing Brexit unwinding to help oust Starmer' as poll shows 80% of Labour voters support rejoining customs union

Wes Streeting fuelled rumours about his intentions yesterday by suggesting the UK should rejoin the EU customs union.

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1 week ago Starmer faces leadership challenge if Labour hammered in May local elections, warns his own veteran MP

The PM would have failed to ‘put the show on the road’ if Labour gets a drubbing in the town hall polls, Graham Stringer MP is warning

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1 week ago Streeting says he wants to avoid strikes next year as doctors return to work

The latest industrial action followed the rejection of a new Government offer by British Medical Association members.

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