Thursday 22 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Labour responds to NHS pay rise coming from within existing budgets Continue Reading
Thursday 22 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Government’s health statement Continue Reading
Monday 19 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Government’s statement on covid Continue Reading
Sunday 18 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on news that Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are not self isolating Continue Reading
Thursday 15 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Labour comments on the news that alcoholic liver deaths increased by 21% during year of the pandemic Continue Reading
Tuesday 13 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS With more than one-in-10 people on waiting lists for treatment in some areas now is not the time to reorganise NHS Continue Reading
Monday 12 July 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health Secretary’s statement on lifting Covid restrictions Continue Reading
Sunday 11 July 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Sajid Javid comments that it would be ‘irresponsible’ not to wear a mask in crowded spaces Continue Reading
Saturday 10 July 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to news that NHS staff may not have to self-isolate and Government plans for Covid passports for pubs Continue Reading
Monday 5 July 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth statement on lifting lockdown restrictions from 19th July Continue Reading
Sunday 4 July 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Government’s plans ahead of step 4 Continue Reading
Monday 28 June 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Labour call for Lords Health Minister to leave post over personal email account Continue Reading
Monday 28 June 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Ashworth calls for top down NHS reorganisation to be abandoned Continue Reading
Sunday 20 June 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Labour writes to Simon Case about the appointment of the Chief Executive of NHS England Continue Reading
Thursday 17 June 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to rising Covid infections Continue Reading
Monday 14 June 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s statement on Coronavirus restrictions Continue Reading
Monday 14 June 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour responds to Prime Minister’s announcement on lockdown restrictions continuing after 21 June Continue Reading
Thursday 10 June 2021 Jonathan Ashworth NHS waiting lists risen to 5.1 million – Jonathan Ashworth responds Continue Reading
Thursday 27 May 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Labour demands answers from the Government over the ‘tens of thousands’ of needless deaths Continue Reading
Tuesday 25 May 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Ashworth demands confusing guidance on local lockdowns is withdrawn & local public health leaders are consulted Continue Reading
Thursday 20 May 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to reports that test and trace failures helped the Indian Covid variant to spread Continue Reading
Wednesday 19 May 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth speech to the House of Commons in the Queen’s Speech debate Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour tables motion to require Government to publish lessons learned from the pandemic to protect June 21 unlocking Continue Reading
Friday 14 May 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on Nuffield Trust and Resolution Foundation research on the need to improve self-isolation support Continue Reading
Thursday 13 May 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Jonathan Ashworth comments on NHS waiting list hitting five million Continue Reading
Saturday 8 May 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on the Government’s Queen’s Speech trail Continue Reading
Wednesday 28 April 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on Royal College of Radiologists’ concerns that patients face long waits for scans and X-rays due to workforce shortfall Continue Reading
Monday 26 April 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Labour highlights scandal of lengthening waiting lists Continue Reading
Monday 26 April 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth / Lisa Nandy Labour calls on UK government to show “real leadership” by extending offer of support to India Continue Reading
Monday 19 April 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Health Secretary’s statement on Coronavirus Continue Reading
Friday 16 April 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth demands answers from government on Health Secretary’s family business cronyism Continue Reading
Thursday 15 April 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Jonathan Ashworth comments on increase to number of people on waiting list for NHS treatment Continue Reading
Monday 29 March 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health Promotion announcement Continue Reading
Monday 29 March 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to vaccine statistics released by the ONS Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 March 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth ‘The tragic reality is we’ve seen a litany of errors from Boris Johnson’ – Jonathan Ashworth 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
Wednesday 17 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Dominic Cummings describing the Department of Health and Social Care as a ‘smoking ruin’ Continue Reading
Tuesday 16 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Jonathan Ashworth responds to remarks made by Health Secretary at the Health and Social Care Select Committee Continue Reading
Thursday 11 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Labour calls on Prime Minister to set the record straight on NHS funding vote through statement to Parliament Continue Reading
Thursday 11 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Jonathan Ashworth comments on new figures on the NHS waiting lists Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Labour calls on Prime Minister to set the record straight on NHS funding vote Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 March 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Labour responds to Sir Simon Stevens’ admission NHS staff were promised a 2.1 per cent pay increase Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 March 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) 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
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