Labour hit target of two million extra NHS appointments, seven months early
The figure had been a key pledge in their election manifesto.
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Wes Streeting faces an official complaint over this joke about Louise Haigh
The health secretary has been accused of “bullying and uncomradely behaviour”.
Doctors say Streeting’s hospital league tables amount to ‘public humiliation’
The name-and-shame ranking system was branded "nasty, simplistic and retrograde" by Dr Rachel Clarke.
Wes Streeting responds to suggestion of putting a Wetherspoons in every hospital
The health secretary also personally responded to the person who suggested he gets fired out of a cannon to raise money for the NHS.
British public asked for ideas to fix NHS and the responses have been… interesting
Suggestions submitted to the NHS 'Change' website include harnessing the passive aggressive energy of GP receptionists and replacing ambulance sirens with healthy eating advice.
‘I can’t fix 14 years of NHS crisis in one budget’, Streeting reminds Kuenssberg
Wes Streeting was forced to explain to Laura Kuenssberg why Labour has not cleared up a 14-year mess within three months.
Concerns raised over ‘dystopian’ weight loss trials on unemployed
One person compared the move to the US in 2014 where a series of scandals broke out about pharma companies doing phase one drug testing on homeless people.
Wes Streeting announces independent probe into performance of NHS
The Health Secretary said the investigation will be led by former health minister Lord Ara Darzi.
Junior doctors hail ‘positive meeting’ with Health Secretary
“This Secretary of State actually wanted to learn what was going wrong and why things were stalling"