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The health secretary was speaking to the media a day after the government rejected nursing leaders’ offer to suspend Thursday’s strikes in exchange for pay talks with Barclay. The Royal College of ...
Steve Barclay has been confronted by a mother on a hospital ward over NHS staff being “worked to the bone”. The health secretary visited King’s University Hospital in south east London on Monday.
Steve Barclay was in the hot seat on Thursday morning when he was pressed by Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid over the ongoing junior doctor strikes. Currently the environment secretary, Barclay ...
A mother, whose daughter has a ‘life-threatening condition’, has challenged Health Secretary Steve Barclay over the way health workers are “being worked to the bone” in an exchange caught on camera at ...
Steve Barclay was left squirming by Sophy Ridge as he failed to explain how the Tories will pay for a major NHS spending boost. The Sky News presenter repeatedly asked the health secretary where the ...
An angry mother on an ill child has been caught on camera challenging health secretary Steve Barclay about overworked NHS staff. Sarah Pinnington-Auld said her three-year-old daughter Lucy, who has ...
A government minister was left squirming during a tense exchange with Kay Burley over Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Gaza. Health secretary Steve Barclay insisted Israel “has the right to defend ...
Steve Barclay was left reeling over the Tories’ record on the NHS after a bruising clash with Nick Ferrari. The LBC presenter asked the health secretary “what, for the love of God, has your party been ...
The health secretary has been accused of swerving striking nurses by visiting a hospital where there is not a picket line. Steve Barclay visited Chelsea and Westminster hospital on Thursday morning on ...
A department of health source told HuffPost UK: "The government’s position on pay is unchanged - the country cannot afford to meet the unions’ inflation-busting demands." The health secretary has said ...
A pro-Palestine march in London on Armistice Day would be “provocative”, health secretary Steve Barclay has claimed. His comments came as pressure mounts on the Metropolitan Police to ban Saturday’s ...