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Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting

The Guardian

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Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn

09.02.2026 7

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Wes Streeting

Ignore the sceptics: with this new vaccine, chickenpox could become a thing of the past

02.01.2026 10

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence

04.12.2025 9

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

My message to doctors, after five days of strikes? Work with us: if you go to war with us, you’ll lose

30.07.2025 10

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Wes Streeting

This unnecessary doctors’ strike will hurt patients, the NHS and doctors themselves. Pull back: don’t do it

24.07.2025 9

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Wes Streeting

In 1948 a Labour government founded the NHS. My job now is to make it fit for the future

03.07.2025 10

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix it

Three sentences in Labour’s 1945 manifesto contained a simple but historic promise: “The best health services should be available free for all....

03.01.2025 1

The Guardian

Wes Streeting