Saturday 6 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Labour reveals thousands of NHS heroes will be hundreds of pounds worse off next year under Government recommendations Continue Reading
Saturday 6 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to revelations from NHS Providers showing that the Government already factored in a bigger pay rise for NHS staff but decided against it Continue Reading
Friday 5 March 2021 Budget / Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls on Health Secretary to explain cuts to health workers’ pay despite claiming he would reward “heroes” 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
Thursday 4 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Chancellor failing patients with his £30 billion NHS cut as waiting lists hit record high Continue Reading
Wednesday 3 March 2021 Budget / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Chancellor buries £30bn cut to Department of Health and Social Care budgets Continue Reading
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Health Secretary’s statement on coronavirus 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
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to reports a million NHS face masks do not meet safety requirements Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls on Matt Hancock to commit to recovering taxpayers’ money from companies who provided useless PPE Continue Reading
Sunday 21 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to news that people with HIV in England won’t need to disclose their status to access their Covid-19 vaccination Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to leaked report showing England’s poorest areas hit by Covid ‘perfect storm’ Continue Reading
Sunday 14 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to news that over 15 million people have had first dose of vaccine 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
Tuesday 9 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Health Secretary’s statement on coronavirus Continue Reading
Sunday 7 February 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the government’s announcement of planned change in workplace testing Continue Reading
Wednesday 3 February 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on Dido Harding remarks at Science and Technology Committee Continue Reading
Tuesday 2 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Health Secretary’s statement on coronavirus Continue Reading
Monday 1 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to children’s operations being cancelled due to Covid pressures Continue Reading
Wednesday 27 January 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls for the Government to prioritise key workers in ramped up vaccination strategy Continue Reading
Saturday 23 January 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth BMA calls for gap between vaccine doses to be reduced – Ashworth responds Continue Reading
Friday 22 January 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Covid variant potentially more deadly – Ashworth responds Continue Reading
Thursday 21 January 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health Secretary’s statement on vaccine roll-out 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
Wednesday 13 January 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to reports that coronavirus hospital patients can be discharged into care homes without being tested under draft Government guidelines Continue Reading
Wednesday 6 January 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health Secretary’s statement to the House Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 December 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Labour demands Government redoubles efforts to roll out vaccine with aim to vaccinate at least two million a week Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 December 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Labour analysis reveals NHS staff were working more than 1.1 million hours of unpaid overtime every week even before Covid-19 Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 December 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Health Secretary’s Covid-19 statement in the Commons Continue Reading
Wednesday 23 December 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Government press conference 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
Thursday 17 December 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Hancock’s statement in the Commons Continue Reading
Monday 14 December 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Health Secretary’s Covid-19 statement in the Commons 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 / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on NHS Performance Statistics Continue Reading
Wednesday 2 December 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health Secretary statement on Covid-19 Continue Reading
Saturday 28 November 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to news that a Vaccines Minister has been appointed Continue Reading
Thursday 26 November 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to a statement from the Health Secretary on Covid-19 in the Commons Continue Reading
Monday 23 November 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls for the government to appoint a dedicated ‘Minister for the Vaccine’ Continue Reading
Thursday 12 November 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to latest NHS performance statistics Continue Reading
Monday 2 November 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Expanding testing and fixing contact tracing must now be the priority, says Labour Continue Reading
Friday 30 October 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Ashworth respond to documents that show Covid is spreading faster in England than ‘worst case scenario’ Continue Reading
Tuesday 20 October 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth’s response to Matt Hancock’s statement Continue Reading
Thursday 15 October 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds the Health Secretary’s statement to the House on further coronavirus restrictions Continue Reading
Wednesday 14 October 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to reports that Government is paying huge salaries to management consultants to work on test and trace Continue Reading
Wednesday 14 October 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on reports of SAGE analysis of circuit break proposals Continue Reading
Monday 12 October 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the SAGE minutes Continue Reading
Thursday 8 October 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Jonathan Ashworth responds to latest NHS performance statistics Continue Reading