Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged doctors in England to “vote no” in a ballot on industrial action which gets under way on Tuesday. In a BBC interview, he urged resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, to “work with the government” and warned strikes risked hampering the progress being made in the NHS....
Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent BBC Richard Stanton and Rhiannon Davies campaigned for a review into maternity services after their baby daughter died in 2009 Campaigners have questioned Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s commitment to maternity safety after his department watered down funding levels. Almost £100m was invested into improving maternity safety annually following the publication...
Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands PA Media The health secretary Wes Streeting said it was “not acceptable” that the bin strike was causing “unsanitary conditions” on the streets of Birmingham As Birmingham’s bin strikes enter their fifth week, the health secretary has said he is concerned about the impact of the walkout on public...
Health secretary Wes Streeting was at a Guardian Live event on Tuesday 25 March. Hosted by the liberal outlet’s stenographer-in-chief, Pippa Crerar, it sadly didn’t go quite according to either of their plans. This is because not only were there protesters outside over Streeting’s plans for more private involvement in the NHS – but inside,...