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
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