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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 8

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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 10

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

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

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

24.07.2025 9

The Guardian

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