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NHS bosses make rare appeal to ministers as UK faces ‘public health emergency’

NHS bosses have made an “unprecedented” appeal to the Government to take action on rising energy prices as the UK faces a “public health emergency”. The NHS Confederation sent a letter to ministers on Friday, warning that surging costs mean people ...

19 Aug 2022 at 14:53

Labour pledges to build National Care Service enforcing high standards in homes

Labour has pledged to recruit care workers by guaranteeing fair pay, workers’ rights and appropriate training under a National Care Service as it claimed “too many private equity firms are failing” in their duties to residents. The party said its ...

24 Sept 2022 at 08:00

Face-to-face GP appointments at highest level since start of pandemic

The proportion of people seeing their GP face-to-face has risen to its highest level since the start of the pandemic, new figures show. Around two-thirds of appointments (66.1%) with family doctors in England were done in person in August, ...

29 Sept 2022 at 21:48

Labour not ruling out junk food deals ban once inflation falls

Labour will not rule out banning ‘buy one get one free’ deals on junk food once the cost-of-living crisis eases, Wes Streeting has said. The shadow health secretary said Labour would not immediately oppose Government plans to scrap the ...

27 Sept 2022 at 14:20

Starmer says he is ‘serious’ alternative to Truss with ‘common sense’ plans

Sir Keir Starmer said he has shifted Labour to the political centre ground as he positioned himself to repeat Sir Tony Blair’s electoral success. The Labour leader said the party was now closer to the New Labour era than the vision ...

28 Sept 2022 at 19:18

Labour in buoyant mood as conference draws to a close

Labour’s conference will draw to a close on Wednesday after a gathering which has seen the party present itself as a government-in-waiting in response to the economic turmoil unleashed by Liz Truss’ Tories. The party will set out ...

28 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Labour would force GPs to offer everyone face-to-face appointments

GPs would be forced to provide face-to-face appointments to every patient that requests them under Labour plans to make seeing doctors easier. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said “patients must come first” as he announced ...

27 Sept 2022 at 23:30

Labour would run ‘distinctive campaign’ in future independence vote – Baillie

Scottish Labour’s deputy leader has said the party would run a “distinctive campaign” in any future vote on independence. Labour joined with the Tories and Lib Dems during the referendum campaign in 2014 to form Better Together ...

05 Mar 2022 at 17:25

PM will still launch living with Covid plan despite Cabinet delay – No 10

Downing Street is confident the Prime Minister will still deliver his “living with Covid” plan on Monday despite a delay to ministers approving his proposals. Boris Johnson’s Cabinet was due to sign off his plan, which ...

21 Feb 2022 at 14:55

PM says sun is shining but umbrella on hand in fight against Covid

Boris Johnson has said “the sun is shining but we’re keeping our umbrella” in the fight against coronavirus, ahead of a landmark relaxation of self-isolation laws and end to free universal testing in England. The ...

21 Feb 2022 at 21:55

Legal isolation for Covid to end from Thursday, Boris Johnson says

People who test positive for coronavirus will no longer be legally required to isolate from Thursday, and free universal testing will end in April under Boris Johnson’s plan for “living with Covid”. The Prime ...

21 Feb 2022 at 17:55

Labour’s Wes Streeting apologises for Harold Shipman jibe in Commons

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has apologised for making a jibe during a Commons debate about mass-murderer GP Harold Shipman. The Labour frontbencher accepted on Wednesday his comment was not “in ...

23 Feb 2022 at 19:25

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