Doctors’ strike could cancel 200,000 appointments

NHS can be 'bad employer' Wes Streeting admits

Wes Streeting has offered an olive branch to doctors by acknowledging that the NHS can be a “bad employer” and that their working conditions need to be improved.The Health Secretary told The i Paper that while there is no more money available to meet the British Medical Association’s pay demands, he is ready to offer improved conditions to see off the latest dispute.Streeting acknowledged that it “offends Labour values” to see the way resident d…

Labour Peer Lord Winston Quits BMA Over Junior Doctor Strikes

Labour peer and IVF pioneer Lord Winston has quit the British Medical Association after junior doctors announced strikes this month. He was a member for more than 60 years… Winston slammed BMA’s leaders over “providing a poor example” to aspiring medics, adding:  “I feel very strongly that this isn’t the time to be striking.[…] Read the rest

'I have incurable bowel cancer – I back striking doctors over Wes Streeting'

Wes Streeting says the public won't forgive striking doctors but as someone whose vital treatment may be interrupted I'm here to say he's wrong.

NHS waiting list lowest in over 2 years, but doctors’ strike 'could change that' - The Mirror

Health Secretary Wes Streeting told the Mirror the NHS has is making a 'fragile' recovery after the elective waiting list dropped in May for the first time in 17 years

NHS waiting list falls to lowest level in two years but threatened by doctors’ strike

The NHS waiting list for England has dropped to 7.36 million, new data reveals

‘The last thing we need’: Wes Streeting hits out at 'unprecedented' doctors' strikes

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called five days of strikes by resident doctors in England ‘unprecedented’ as he called for them to abandon their action.