Wes Streeting has commissioned a study into the costs, but has faced a backlash from fellow Labour parliamentarians over his stance
Officials estimate it could help more than 85,000 people give up smoking over the next five years, and prevent up to 9,500 smoking-related deaths
NHS England will carry out a ‘no holds barred’ review of trusts to ensure there are ‘no more rewards for failure’
The six-time Olympic cycling champion said ‘millions of lives’ could be saved if men were tested earlier
The Health and Social Care Secretary said he would oppose the move because he was worried that palliative care ‘was not good enough to give people a real choice’
Wes Streeting warned of the burden caused by ‘widening waistbands,’ and called for effective obesity treatments to ease ‘demands on our NHS’
The Health Secretary urged GPs to ‘stop shutting the door on patients,’ while promising to cut down on red tapism and free up doctors
The new Health Secretary found the health watchdog to be unfit for purpose and promised to ‘grip the crisis’ by taking immediate action
The survey shows increased levels of patient satisfaction, but leading think tanks say there is still a ‘lot of work’ to be done
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