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Transforming our health service

Department of Health and Social Care

Written Ministerial Statements

I am today updating the House on the Government’s plans to reform the health system in England, in line with our commitment to deliver a more accountable, productive and patient-focused...

Points of Order

Commons debates

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. On behalf of the Government and Labour Members, I associate myself fully with the remarks of the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

I can absolutely give the hon. Gentleman that commitment. I work very well with my counterparts across Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, regardless of party affiliations. I think he makes a...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

I am so sorry to hear that having experienced such unimaginable heartbreak, the family then had to go through that additional trauma. I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and look at what...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

We are putting £26 billion more into the NHS this year, which is investment that was opposed by the Conservative party.

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and the inequalities to which he draws our attention. We will look at that report carefully. I am awaiting the recommendation of the UK National...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

Within days of taking office, I upheld the judgment made by my predecessor. We need to tread carefully and be sensitive in this space. We need to take an evidence-based approach to trans...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to welcome my hon. Friend the Minister to his place. I will be honest: in effect, he has been a Minister since we came into government. We very much welcome the...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman draws to our attention the appalling state that the NHS was left in by the previous Government. We are working at pace to introduce EPRs across the system. I am sure that...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing this matter to the House’s attention. It is appalling for coffee shops to be commandeered as spaces for the care of patients, and we will not...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Lady is absolutely right to point out that the NHS is already running hot ahead of winter. We brought forward our winter planning for this year to get ahead. We are making sure that all...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

Waiting lists are lower now than when Labour took office, and that is in stark contrast with the record of the Government in which the shadow Secretary of State served; waiting lists increased...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

I welcome the shadow Secretary of State to his place. It is good to hear from the Conservative Front Benchers; I had almost forgotten they existed. The Conservatives created a complex web of...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

Why stop there? We have 15,000 more home adaptations for disabled people through the disabled facilities grant and 135,000 more suspected cancer patients receiving a diagnosis on time. We have...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

Since I last answered questions in this House, the Government have announced: half a billion pounds for a fair pay agreement for care workers; NHS Online, the first ever online-only hospital...

Patient Access to GPs

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

It is of no surprise to me that my hon. Friend raises yet another example of Conservative broken promises, and the hot air that comes from independents, who have all the luxury of being...

Patient Access to GPs

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

Let me come back to the hon. Gentleman after I have found out what has gone wrong in this case. As he points out, ICBs are responsible for commissioning, planning, securing and monitoring GP...

Patient Access to GPs

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

We strengthened the NHS front door with £1.2 billion for general practice, the biggest cash increase in over a decade. We promised to recruit an extra 1,000 GPs in our first year—we...

NHS Reorganisation

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

Maternity and Neonatal Care

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

We really are not; what we have done is devolve funding and responsibility to local level, which we think is the right thing to do. If I may say so, it is quite irresponsible to suggest that...