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
Thursday 11 June 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth calls on Matt Hancock to explain why Coronavirus test and trace system has failed to reach thousands of people Continue Reading
Thursday 11 June 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Ministers urgently need to prepare for the backlog of care building up – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 June 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth This virus hasn’t gone away – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 June 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS We need a new resourced plan for the NHS – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Friday 5 June 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Only 36% of England’s dental practices reopening Monday – Ashworth Continue Reading
Tuesday 2 June 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Government COVID-19 testing data presentation “misleading” – Ashworth responds Continue Reading
Wednesday 27 May 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the government’s test and trace system announcement Continue Reading
Wednesday 20 May 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Ashworth writes to Govt on proposals for contact tracing Continue Reading
Thursday 14 May 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS Growing and alarming backlog of clinical need with patients – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Monday 11 May 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to ONS statistics on Covid-19 deaths by occupation Continue Reading
Thursday 7 May 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour call for Covid-19 health inequalities strategy Continue Reading
Wednesday 6 May 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Coronavirus testing numbers have now fallen three days in a row – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Tuesday 5 May 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to confirmation that the UK has the highest official death rate in Europe Continue Reading
Tuesday 5 May 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth questions Matt Hancock in the House of Commons Continue Reading
Monday 4 May 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on the launch of contact tracing app for Coronavirus Continue Reading
Monday 4 May 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on BMA survey showing doctors unable to give patients care they need Continue Reading
Friday 1 May 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Government press conference Continue Reading
Friday 1 May 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Coronavirus thrives on inequality – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Friday 24 April 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth Dominic Cummings has no place on the Government’s advisory group on coronavirus – Ashworth Continue Reading
Friday 24 April 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on issues with the Government’s testing website Continue Reading
Thursday 23 April 2020 Jonathan Ashworth We will hold the government to account for the promise it has made of 100,000 tests a day’ – Ashworth responds to presser Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Sunday 19 April 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Michael Gove’s comments about Sunday Times investigation Continue Reading
Saturday 18 April 2020 Coronavirus / Health / Jonathan Ashworth These reports raise serious questions about the Government’s immediate response to this pandemic – Ashworth Continue Reading
Friday 10 April 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Ashworth calls for PPE promises to be delivered Continue Reading
Thursday 9 April 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth response to government’s coronavirus press conference today Continue Reading
Thursday 9 April 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / Social Care Labour calls for urgent action to support the social care system – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Thursday 9 April 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Ashworth responds to IFS report that the vulnerable will be hit hardest by NHS disruption and economic downturn Continue Reading
Thursday 2 April 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Ashworth responds to government commitment on coronavirus testing, calls for National Testing Strategy Continue Reading
Thursday 2 April 2020 Barbara Keeley / Jonathan Ashworth Labour demands coordinated plan for social care sector and urgent action to provide PPE and testing for social care staff Continue Reading
Wednesday 1 April 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Labour demands National Testing Strategy – Jonathan Ashworth responds to government press conference Continue Reading