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Monday 28 September 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Labour calls for cancer screening catch up as new figures show further treatment delays

Monday 21 September 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Full text of Jonathan Ashworth’s speech at Labour Connected keyworkers rally for frontline heroes

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

Friday 11 September 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responds to increase in R number

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

Thursday 10 September 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to Government’s Covid-19 Statement

Thursday 10 September 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times data

Friday 4 September 2020 Health / Liz Kendall

More than 400 care home residents died a day at peak of pandemic – Liz Kendall responds

Thursday 3 September 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to Test and Trace statistics

Friday 28 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to ONS coronavirus impact statistics

Thursday 27 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responding to Test and Trace statistics

Thursday 27 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to IPPR’s obesity paper

Thursday 20 August 2020 Health

Justin Madders responds to daily test and trace statistics

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

Wednesday 19 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth comments on reports in the HSJ that all NHS detox beds face closure

Tuesday 18 August 2020 Alex Norris / Coronavirus / Health

Structural reorganisation desperate attempt to shift blame – Alex Norris

Thursday 13 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders / NHS

Patient wait times reaching worrying new lows – Justin Madders

Wednesday 12 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to England’s chief nurse calling for more people to study nursing

Monday 10 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Govt may end daily publication of Covid-19 deaths – Justin Madders responds

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

Thursday 30 July 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to the publication of the NHS People Plan

Monday 27 July 2020 Health

‘An effective obesity strategy needs action, not consultation’ – Alex Norris

Friday 24 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Government’s flu programme announcement

Thursday 23 July 2020 Health

Justin Madders response to new weekly test and trace stats

Thursday 16 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Labour demands Boris Johnson stops dithering and take decisive action to tackle childhood obesity – Jonathan Ashworth

Wednesday 15 July 2020 Coronavirus / Health

We need consistent messages about the wearing of face masks – Justin Madders

Tuesday 14 July 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Government must release better data to help councils combat coronavirus

Monday 13 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Labour demands urgent clarity on face coverings

Friday 10 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth comments on the latest ONS statistics on avoidable mortality and deprivation

Wednesday 8 July 2020 Health

Baroness Cumberlege’s review into Medicines and Medical Devices Safety – Alex Norris responds

Tuesday 7 July 2020 Health / Jo Stevens / Media

Jo Stevens responds to poll showing a third of the UK population could refuse a COVID-19 vaccine

Monday 6 July 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders comments on the Government stopping release of daily Covid-19 testing figures

Monday 6 July 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to Panorama investigation into cancer deaths

Thursday 2 July 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Many waiting longer than 24 hours for coronavirus test results – Madders

Wednesday 17 June 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Labour Party calls for routine testing of all health and care staff

Wednesday 17 June 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Student nurses who joined frontline do not deserve to be cast aside – Justin Madders

Tuesday 2 June 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Government COVID-19 testing data presentation “misleading” – Ashworth responds

Wednesday 27 May 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to the government’s test and trace system announcement

Wednesday 20 May 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Ashworth writes to Govt on proposals for contact tracing

Tuesday 5 May 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth questions Matt Hancock in the House of Commons

Monday 4 May 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth comments on BMA survey showing doctors unable to give patients care they need

Saturday 2 May 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Mental Health / Rosena Allin-Khan

Rosena Allin-Khan calls for assurance frontline staff will get mental health support they deserve

Friday 1 May 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to Government press conference

Monday 27 April 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Now the government must get a grip over PPE so NHS and care staff aren’t putting their lives at risk to keep us safe – Justin Madders responds to death in service benefits announcement

Friday 24 April 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Dominic Cummings has no place on the Government’s advisory group on coronavirus – Ashworth

Tuesday 21 April 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to confusion on why UK missed out on EU joint procurement scheme for medical supplies

Saturday 18 April 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth

These reports raise serious questions about the Government’s immediate response to this pandemic – Ashworth

Saturday 18 April 2020 Cabinet Office / Health / Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves responds to news that the NHS is within hours of running out of personal protective gowns

Saturday 18 April 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Half nursing staff under pressure to work without PPE – Justin Madders responds

Friday 17 April 2020 Health

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