The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

New data shows average waits for treatment at some hospitals are above 30 weeks

It ‘beggars belief’ that ministers think doctors could assess if patients were vulnerable enough to need help, says GP leader

Labour dismisses idea reportedly being discussed by Treasury officials

The new hospitals promised in the Tories’ 2019 manifesto pledge turned out to be mainly refurbishments of existing buildings - while some of them had already been planned

Exclusive: Health department says it will miss July target of treating all patients in England waiting at least two years

Tory leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak pledged a crackdown on 'waste' if he enters No10, with a plan to charge patients £10 for failing to turn up to appointments after a first offence

Sadiq Khan’s hopes of reforming the law on cannabis have been dealt a blow by a prominent Labour MP.

When Maria Caulfield, the junior health minister, replied to an urgent question in the House of Commons by Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, on the ambulance crisis, she said she did not want to play politics with the National Health Service. It is a lovely thought but wholly naïve.…

Terrence Higgins Trust says action must be stepped up to prevent disease becoming endemic

Shadow frontbencher says party excited to come to Liverpool in September and prove its governing credentials

‘If Rishi Sunak thinks NHS waiting lists are an emergency, why didn’t he do anything about it as chancellor?’ asks Wes Streeting