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Wes Streeting

The Guardian

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My message to doctors, after five days of strikes? Work with us: if you go to war with us, you’ll lose

30.07.2025 3

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

This unnecessary doctors’ strike will hurt patients, the NHS and doctors themselves. Pull back: don’t do it

24.07.2025 5

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

In 1948 a Labour government founded the NHS. My job now is to make it fit for the future

03.07.2025 30

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix it

Three sentences in Labour’s 1945 manifesto contained a simple but historic promise: “The best health services should be available free for all....

03.01.2025 50

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

I love the NHS: it saved my life, but the operation to rescue it must be led by the people and its staff

When I was diagnosed with kidney cancer, in 2021, the NHS saved my life. I felt this Rolls-Royce machine kick into gear, as I was treated by a...

21.10.2024 30

The Guardian

Wes Streeting