"Today, I am publishing the annual statement for NHS mental health spend. The Health and Care Act 2022 introduced a statutory requirement to publish a statement setting out expectations for NHS mental health services spending before the end of each financial year.
"Yesterday, alongside bereaved and harmed families from Leeds, I announced the appointment of Donna Ockenden as chair of the independent review into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust.
Donna Ockenden brings considerable experience as a nurse and midwife, and a strong record of exposing systemic failings …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech
"Today I am updating the House about NHS England’s decision to consult on a new clinical commissioning policy on the prescribing of masculinising or feminising hormones for children and adolescents with gender incongruence or dysphoria.
The safety and wellbeing of children and young people is paramount, and children’s healthcare must …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech
"Today, I have laid the Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026 in Parliament. The order will come into force on 20 March 2026.
This Government have always made it clear that anyone accessing gender services deserves high-quality, evidence-based care and support. Laying this order will facilitate delivery of …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech
"I wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Member. The voluntary and community sector provides, and should continue to provide, support for victims. The voluntary sector does a brilliant job, in an environment that often feels safer and more inclusive, and we should welcome that. However, the existence of voluntary sector provision …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech
"The Prime Minister has made tackling violence against women and girls a priority across the Government and every public service must play its part. In the NHS, we will be supporting GPs to identify, support and refer victims and survivors to specialist services. That will include a specialist support worker …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech
"Today we are publishing a new GP contract. Backed by new funding, it will recruit more GPs and cut waiting times for appointments. The changes and modernisation will diagnose thousands more cases of lung cancer, protect children by boosting vaccination rates, and provide more people with weight-loss jabs on the …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech
"I see the Chancellor most weeks. That is why record investment is going into our NHS, which is improving patient satisfaction with access to general practice, cutting waiting lists, and improving ambulance response times—all to fix the mess that the Conservatives left behind. And people should be in no doubt: …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech
"I will never surrender to the tyranny of the low expectations of the Conservative party. We have cut waiting lists by 330,000 since we came to office; they are now at their lowest level in three years. We made progress despite strikes, we made progress despite winter pressures, and we …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech
"Cancer is the canary in the coalmine for the NHS. For far too many cancer patients, under the Tories, the NHS was not there when they needed it. Under Labour, an extra 213,000 patients have been diagnosed, or have received the all-clear on time. Much has been done, but there …..." Wes Streeting - View Speech