All news on the topic: Wes Streeting

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Lee Anderson branded 'racist' over Sadiq Khan slur as PM urged to kick him out
Ex-Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson claimed that London's first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by Islamists as he appeared on GB News where he's a presenter
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'Our happy child died after hospital sent him home - he should still be alive'
The mum and uncle of Yusuf Mahmud Nazir blasted an independent report into the death of their beloved son and nephew after they say it left out 13 pages of their evidence
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Wes Streeting suggests Rochdale by-election voters could spoil ballot papers
Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he would spoil his ballot if he was a Rochdale voter after the party withdrew support for candidate Azhar Ali
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NHS nursing recruitment crisis could push health service to complete collapse
A crisis in nursing recruitment could push the NHS to collapse, a union boss has warned, as new UCAS figures showed another sharp decrease in people applying for degree courses
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England's top dentist admits Tories' NHS rescue plan is 'nowhere near enough'
Chief Dental Officer Jason Wong has been a major cheerleader for the Government plan but admits in private it won’t fix the national crisis accessing an NHS dentist
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Teens to be banned from buying energy drinks such as Prime under Labour plan
Labour is considering banning under-16s from buying energy drinks such as Monster and Rockstar because of worries about the impact on children’s health and education
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Paddy McGuinness slams Tory MP over NHS and leaves Question Time fans impressed
Paddy McGuinness was praised by Question Time viewers for skewering a Conservative MP on Question Time this evening, as he fumed over the Tories' handling of the NHS crisis
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Dentist visited by Rishi Sunak in campaign stunt isn't taking new NHS patients
Prime Minister RIshi Sunak met staff and patients at Gentle Dental in Newquay, Cornwall but he wouldn't say whether he could guarantee everyone access to an NHS dentist
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Dentists warn 'rescue plan' will fail to end crisis as 60,000 sign our petition
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition we have launched with the British Dental Association on the 38 Degrees website calling on the PM to save NHS dentistry
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Is the Government doing enough to tackle the dentistry crisis - vote in our poll
The British Dental Association (BDA) has said the Dental Recovery Plan "won't offer hope to millions struggling to access care", after 12million people were unable to book an appointment last year
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End the NHS dentist crisis as millions can’t get appointment - sign our petition
The Mirror is campaigning to get dental access for all as millions are unable to get appointments to get their teeth checked - we are calling on the PM to 'save NHS dentistry'
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Rishi Sunak told to forfeit £350,000 donation from boss of vaping firm
The Conservative Party accepted £350,000 from Sandeep Singh Chadha who is the boss of a company that sells vapes with names such as Blue Razz Lemonade and Strawberry Mousse
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Department of Health slammed by stats watchdog for 'misleading' NHS waits claim
The Tories were accused of 'pathetic attempts to hide the truth' with claim to have cut NHS waits when numbers were higher than when Rishi Sunak vowed to slash the backlog
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Hospital cost of pulling kids' rotten teeth doubles after NHS dentistry collapse
The huge rise from £36million in 2016/17 comes as 40% of children are no longer able to access regular NHS dental check-ups due to a lack of appointments available
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Rishi Sunak laughs as woman confronting him about daughter's seven-hour NHS wait
The Prime Minister was accused of having 'no idea of the misery NHS patients are going through' after he was challenged by a member of the public in Winchester, Hampshire, on dire NHS waiting times
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Starmer vows to prioritise kids for NHS treatment to end waits over 18 weeks
The Labour leader Keir Starmer will order health bosses to prioritise children caught up in record NHS waiting lists and will 'personally monitor' progress if he wins power
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Royal Marines hero’s fury at Johnny Mercer's misleading attack on his service
Johnny Mercer claimed Fred Thomas, who is aiming to unseat him at the general election, had 'served five minutes in uniform' - when in fact he was a Royal Marine for seven years and rose to Captain
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'NHS dentistry is rotting and in decay after 13 years of Tory neglect'
The Tories may be happy to wave goodbye to the vital public service of NHS dentistry, writes Shadow Healthy Secretary Wes Streeting, but Labour won’t let that happen.
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Majority of NHS dentists shut to new patients - see in your area
Analysis by Labour found 54% of dental surgeries in England aren't accepting any new patients - with 82% refusing to take on adults and 71% shutting their doors to new child patients
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Rishi Sunak blasted over NHS waits as Labour vows to 'ramp up' overtime clinics
Keir Starmer has called on Rishi Sunak to back overtime plans for doctors and nurses funded by scrapping the non-dom tax status
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David Cameron demands 'sustainable ceasefire' in Israel-Gaza conflict
The foreign secretary penned a joint article with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and warned too many civilians had been killed in Gaza
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Vapes could be available on prescription only to stop kids getting addicted
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Labour is considering making vapes prescription-only as he accused the industry of 'crying crocodile tears' about surging use by children
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Tories must get 'serious' about mental health to sort jobs crisis, says Labour
Labour's Liz Kendall and Wes Streeting warned it would be 'unforgivable' for the Government to 'stand by and do nothing' about mental health in the Autumn Statement
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Woman's ovary accidentally removed in major NHS blunder
Incidents from April 1 to August 31 include a woman whose ovary was mistakenly removed and another patient whose spinal surgery was carried out on the wrong side
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Teacher with cancer given terrible news after four-month treatment delay
Nathaniel Dye, 37, who lives in Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s Ilford North constituency, introduced the frontbencher’s speech at Labour conference in Liverpool