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
Tuesday 6 October 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Matt Hancock admits he doesn’t know how many people are spreading Covid-19 due to Government Excel blunder Continue Reading
Monday 5 October 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Urgent action needed as Labour analysis reveals safety risks in NHS Continue Reading
Monday 5 October 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour demand answers on testing fiasco, as new analysis reveals up to 48,000 people were not traced Continue Reading
Sunday 4 October 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth reacts to Public Health England investigation findings that nearly 16,000 new Covid-19 cases were not recorded in the daily reports 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
Tuesday 22 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Ministers must get a grip of testing fiasco – Jonathan Ashworth 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 21 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth response to Government’s Covid-19 Statement Continue Reading
Monday 21 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, calls on Government to act with urgency following Coronavirus briefing Continue Reading
Friday 18 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to reports that the Government is planning for further national restrictions Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Ministerial incompetence leads to restricted testing – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth speaking to an urgent question raised in the House today 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 / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Government’s Covid-19 Statement Continue Reading
Thursday 10 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth, Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, responding to the Government’s Covid-19 health statement in the House today, said: Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Ministers are blaming people for simply doing what they were advised – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Tuesday 8 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth response to Government’s Covid-19 statement Continue Reading
Sunday 6 September 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on the number of new Coronavirus cases reaching the highest number since May Continue Reading
Friday 28 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to ONS coronavirus impact statistics Continue Reading
Thursday 27 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to IPPR’s obesity paper Continue Reading
Sunday 23 August 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth writes to Matt Hancock demanding urgent answer on obesity 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
Thursday 6 August 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Boris Johnson’s failure to confront Cummings over Durham trip was monumental misjudgment – Ashworth 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
Sunday 2 August 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / Social Care Govt abandons care homes testing pledge – Jonathan Ashworth responds Continue Reading
Friday 31 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth PM must answer twelve questions at today’s press conference Continue Reading
Thursday 30 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the latest ONS statistics on excess deaths Continue Reading
Friday 24 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Prime Minister’s interview with the BBC Continue Reading
Friday 24 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Government’s flu programme announcement Continue Reading
Monday 20 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth It is scandalous that the nation’s most senior nurse was silenced at the height of the pandemic – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Thursday 16 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Labour demands Boris Johnson stops dithering and take decisive action to tackle childhood obesity – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Monday 13 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Labour demands urgent clarity on face coverings Continue Reading
Friday 10 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on the latest ONS statistics on avoidable mortality and deprivation Continue Reading
Friday 10 July 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on the latest ONS statistics on avoidable mortality and depravation Continue Reading
Monday 6 July 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Panorama investigation into cancer deaths Continue Reading
Tuesday 30 June 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour demands Health Secretary holds afternoon press conference on Leicester lockdown Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 June 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls for plan to clear NHS backlog as new analysis shows Covid-19 response causing huge delays for vital scans and diagnostic tests Continue Reading
Thursday 18 June 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to news that the UK Test and Trace app is switching to an Apple-Google model Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 June 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Labour Party calls for routine testing of all health and care staff Continue Reading
Friday 12 June 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on ONS statistics that show coronavirus has had a proportionally higher impact on the most deprived areas of England Continue Reading
Friday 12 June 2020 Jonathan Ashworth NHS entered covid-19 crisis exposed after years of underfunding – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading