General election 2024 Labour vows to clear 18-week-plus NHS waiting lists backlog within five years Labour will commit to clearing the backlog of patients facing waits of more than 18 weeks within its… Katie Neame 28th May, 2024, 10:30 pm
Comment ‘Here’s how the Tories could learn from Wales’ NHS – if they stop attacking it’ Wales was the birthplace of the NHS. 75 years on, Aneurin Bevan would be proud to know that… Eluned Morgan 15th January, 2024, 4:53 pm
News Starmer to commit to ending “dangerous” A&E waiting times Keir Starmer is set to commit the next Labour government to ending “dangerous” accident and emergency waiting times… Katie Neame 19th May, 2023, 10:30 pm
Comment PMQs: Starmer’s delivery lets down a strong script on the ambulance crisis Keir Starmer devoted all of his questions during this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions to the current state of… Katie Neame 18th January, 2023, 1:44 pm
News Labour will maintain “vital” NHS targets for patient care, Streeting pledges Wes Streeting has pledged to maintain key standards for patients and argued that targets are “vital” to ensure… Katie Neame 8th December, 2022, 3:30 pm
News Streeting says NHS staff “slogging their guts out” as waiting list hits record high Wes Streeting has declared that NHS staff are “slogging their guts out” but there “simply aren’t enough of… Katie Neame 10th November, 2022, 11:35 am
Comment Austerity is breaking the NHS – so let’s give it the £23bn it deserves As Britain’s health service staggers towards the fearsome – or at least flu-ridden – British winter, a pernicious… Adam Swersky 12th October, 2017, 1:00 pm
Comment Luciana Berger: People with mental health problems deserve better than “I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue” One of the roles of an Opposition Member of Parliament is to hold Government ministers to account. We… Luciana Berger 16th April, 2016, 9:00 am
News A&E waiting time targets have been missed every single week for a year New NHS England figures released today show that the Government’s A&E waiting times targets have now been missed… 18th July, 2014, 12:09 pm
News A&E targets have been missed every week for almost a year, but Cameron claims success The Coalition Government have failed to meet their own target of treating 95% of A&E patients within four… 4th July, 2014, 4:19 pm