Comment Publish the text messages and let the public decide – Ashworth letter to PM over Tories’ NHS “sweetheart deal” Prime Minister, I am writing to you in light of today’s revelations about text messages sent by the… Jon Ashworth 8th February, 2017, 3:26 pm
Comment Hospital waiting times are rising yet ministers could downgrade the four hour target – Ashworth letter to Jeremy Hunt This is the letter sent today by Jon Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, to his opposite number Jeremy… Jon Ashworth 11th January, 2017, 1:49 pm
Comment Ashworth: Red Cross revelations show NHS is being pushed to breaking point This is the full statement published by shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth after the Red Cross was called in… Jon Ashworth 7th January, 2017, 9:00 am
Comment UKIP’s vision is of an NHS that checks your purse before it checks your pulse – Jon Ashworth’s rally speech Thank you for that introduction and it is a pleasure to be here. Our first duty should be… Jon Ashworth 16th December, 2016, 12:00 pm
Comment Jon Ashworth: Rising waiting times reveal the full scale of the Tories’ NHS crisis What will it take for this Tory government to admit that their policies are failing our health service?… Jon Ashworth 8th December, 2016, 3:14 pm
Comment Jon Ashworth: Cancer care is not immune from the financial crisis facing the NHS This is the speech delivered today by Jonathan Ashworth, shadow health secretary, at Britain Against Cancer 2016: Working… Jon Ashworth 6th December, 2016, 3:45 pm
Comment Jon Ashworth: Tories must come clean about the desperate state of the NHS Yesterday, in my new role as shadow secretary of state for health, I asked Jeremy Hunt to explain… Jon Ashworth 1st November, 2016, 12:00 pm
Comment Jon Ashworth: Ignore Liam Fox’s shameful migrant workers claim – the Tories must not use Brexit to harm the NHS Our national health service relies on the skills and dedication of workers from all over the world. If… Jon Ashworth 28th October, 2016, 9:15 am
Comment Jon Ashworth: The Tories are turning the clock back to hide their failures on education, crime and the NHS Today at Conservative Party conference, the Tories will be discussing “a society that works for everyone”. We’ll hear… Jon Ashworth 4th October, 2016, 9:06 am
Comment Jon Ashworth: Tory conference shows they have no answers on the economy, no plan for Brexit and no vision of the future We’re one day in to Tory conference in Birmingham and, with Theresa May speaking yesterday and her Chancellor… Jon Ashworth 3rd October, 2016, 11:30 am