The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

COMMENT: Party strategists are busy working out how to escape the chancellor’s doom loop of tax rises – and to crush damaging speculation about her boss’s ability to lead his party into the next general election. But the race to replace the PM may already have begun, says Andrew Grice

The £85 million programme will looks at ways for patients to access services more easily.

Union says complex work schedules and annual leave make it almost impossible to know how many took part

NHS England had claimed the number that took part in the five-day walkout was down by 7.5% on the previous round of industrial action.

Ministers claim the NHS saw fewer cancellations during doctors' strikes compared to last year.

Some 93% of planned operations, tests and procedures went ahead during the five-day walkout across England.

Historic decision came after pressure from senior cabinet members and Labour MPs

Some MPs question Streeting’s framing of dispute as a ‘war’, but wider mood is likely to depend on how NHS holds up

The protest group Bash Back said they took action in response to Streeting’s ‘continued abuse of trans people in the medical system’