Steve Barclay
‘Risk of future deaths’: coroner issues rare warning to health secretary over hospitals crisis
Inquest into case of a 61-year-old Norfolk woman left in an ambulance queue triggers challenge to Steve Barclay
Shanti Das
29, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM
No 10 declines to say Sunak confident Zahawi has always told him truth about his tax affairs – as it happened
Downing Street spokesperson also says inquiry into former chancellor’s affairs to be ‘conducted swiftly’
Andrew Sparrow
24, Jan, 2023 @6:43 PM
Jeremy Hunt led calls for big pay rise for NHS nurses last summer
Chancellor, as chair of select committee, signed off report saying it was ‘unacceptable’ that nurses were struggling to feed families
Toby Helm Political editor
22, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM
Without health there is no wealth. Why do so few governments understand this? | Tim Jackson
Politicians are wrong to believe that we can only afford decent care in good economic times, says Tim Jackson of the University of Surrey
Tim Jackson
16, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
‘People realise what we’re doing is right’: how nurses won PR battle over NHS strikes
Rishi Sunak portrays union chiefs as leftwing militants but some leaders are succeeding in blaming the impasse on No 10 – and half of voters agree
Toby Helm Political editor
15, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
Revealed: cabinet split over NHS pay disputes piles pressure on Sunak
Health secretary Steve Barclay urges unions to lobby PM over improved pay offer for striking nurses and ambulance workers
Toby Helm Political editor
14, Jan, 2023 @6:00 PM
Steve Barclay privately concedes he will have to increase pay offer to NHS staff
The U-turn may help to end wave of strikes, though funding it could require cuts to key services
Denis Campbell , Pippa Crerar and Peter Walker
12, Jan, 2023 @8:14 PM
Health unions step back from next year’s NHS pay talks amid current dispute
Unions say health secretary’s refusal to increase 2022-23 offer has made it ‘impossible’ to talk about next year’s deal
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
11, Jan, 2023 @12:42 PM
Martin Rowson on the Tories’ anti-strike legislation — cartoon
The business secretary will be able to decide statutory minimum service levels for a string of public services, in terms of a new anti-strike bill condemned by Labour as likely to increase stoppages
Martin Rowson
10, Jan, 2023 @6:15 PM
Government accused of insulting workers as ministers hold talks with health, education and rail unions – as it happened
Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progress
Andrew Sparrow
09, Jan, 2023 @6:16 PM
Flu season in England is worst for a decade, says health secretary
Steve Barclay acknowledges NHS is under ‘severe pressure’ and expresses regret over instances of poor care
Aubrey Allegretti, Robert Booth and Denis Campbell
09, Jan, 2023 @5:50 PM
Cancer vaccine trials could start in England by autumn
Government deal with BioNTech paves way for early access to trials of personalised mRNA therapies
Jamie Grierson
06, Jan, 2023 @9:09 AM
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