Monday 29 March 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health Promotion announcement Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 March 2021 Health / Justin Madders Labour will warn of future exodus of health workforce without pay rise for NHS staff Continue Reading
Thursday 18 March 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Labour redoubles calls for a fair NHS pay rise as figures show 300,000 staff worked unpaid overtime during Covid crisis Continue Reading
Thursday 18 March 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health Secretary’s statement to the House of Commons Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 March 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to vaccine supply issues Continue Reading
Monday 8 March 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Labour: Future pandemics are ‘predicted and predictable’ but Tory failure weakened our defences on Covid Continue Reading
Monday 8 March 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth asks Urgent Question on NHS staff pay Continue Reading
Thursday 4 March 2021 Budget / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to OBR chair comments on Government’s lack of provision for NHS Continue Reading
Wednesday 3 March 2021 Budget / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Chancellor buries £30bn cut to Department of Health and Social Care budgets Continue Reading
Thursday 25 February 2021 Budget / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on reports that the Chancellor will deny NHS staff a pay rise in next week’s Budget Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders responds to Royal College of Physicians report indicating doctors are ‘running on empty’ Continue Reading
Thursday 11 February 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to latest NHS performance statistics Continue Reading
Thursday 11 February 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to proposed reforms to NHS and social care Continue Reading
Thursday 11 February 2021 Health / Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Ashworth responds to proposed reforms to NHS and social care Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 February 2021 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders comments on reports that NHS staff are being hit with £500 parking charges Continue Reading
Wednesday 3 February 2021 Alex Norris / Health Alex Norris responds to reports that Rishi Sunak has accused scientific advisers of ‘moving the goalposts’ on ending lockdown Continue Reading
Saturday 23 January 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth BMA calls for gap between vaccine doses to be reduced – Ashworth responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 January 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth “Behind every statistic is a family grieving and in pain” – Jonathan Ashworth on daily Covid death statistics Continue Reading
Thursday 14 January 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to NHS performance statistics Continue Reading
Saturday 19 December 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth calls on the Prime Minister to address the nation to set out how he will get control of COVID infections Continue Reading
Friday 11 December 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to NAO report on Test and Trace Continue Reading
Thursday 10 December 2020 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders responds to Ockenden Review of maternity services publication Continue Reading
Thursday 10 December 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on NHS Performance Statistics Continue Reading
Tuesday 20 October 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth’s response to Matt Hancock’s statement Continue Reading
Monday 5 October 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Urgent action needed as Labour analysis reveals safety risks in NHS Continue Reading
Sunday 4 October 2020 Alex Norris / Health Boris Johnson wasted opportunity to map out serious plan to improve public confidence Continue Reading
Friday 2 October 2020 Health / Mental Health / Rosena Allin-Khan Rehash of hospitals announcement is missed opportunity and extremely disappointing Continue Reading
Friday 2 October 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth British people deserve better than Boris Johnson blaming them for spread of virus – Ashworth Continue Reading
Thursday 1 October 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth’s speech for the 10pm curfew debate in the Commons today Continue Reading
Thursday 1 October 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health and Social Care Committee call for all NHS staff to be tested weekly for Covid-19 Continue Reading
Monday 28 September 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls for cancer screening catch up as new figures show further treatment delays Continue Reading
Monday 21 September 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Full text of Jonathan Ashworth’s speech at Labour Connected keyworkers rally for frontline heroes Continue Reading
Monday 14 September 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Liz Kendall Labour says government has weeks to put winter care home plan in place or risk a repeat of past mistakes in care homes Continue Reading
Friday 11 September 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responds to increase in R number Continue Reading
Thursday 10 September 2020 Health / Justin Madders ‘Gov’t is failing to understand the scale of the problem’ – Justin Madders on Test and Trace numbers Continue Reading
Thursday 10 September 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Government’s Covid-19 Statement Continue Reading
Thursday 10 September 2020 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders responds to referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times data Continue Reading
Friday 4 September 2020 Health / Liz Kendall More than 400 care home residents died a day at peak of pandemic – Liz Kendall responds Continue Reading
Thursday 3 September 2020 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders responds to Test and Trace statistics Continue Reading
Friday 28 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to ONS coronavirus impact statistics Continue Reading
Thursday 27 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders responding to Test and Trace statistics Continue Reading
Thursday 27 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to IPPR’s obesity paper Continue Reading
Thursday 20 August 2020 Health Justin Madders responds to daily test and trace statistics Continue Reading
Thursday 20 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders comments on the Royal College of Midwives survey that shows midwives are missing meals and toilet breaks Continue Reading
Wednesday 19 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on reports in the HSJ that all NHS detox beds face closure Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 August 2020 Alex Norris / Coronavirus / Health Structural reorganisation desperate attempt to shift blame – Alex Norris Continue Reading
Thursday 13 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders / NHS Patient wait times reaching worrying new lows – Justin Madders Continue Reading
Wednesday 12 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders responds to England’s chief nurse calling for more people to study nursing Continue Reading
Monday 10 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders Govt may end daily publication of Covid-19 deaths – Justin Madders responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 4 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on the government’s test and trace system and reports that some local authorities are setting up their own Continue Reading