Wes Streeting

Mayor Houchen outside the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton.

Mayor says the fight for new hospital will go on

Hartlepool councillor Gary Allen.

Council chiefs join fight over “crisis” in learning disability nursing

University Hospital of Hartlepool is part of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.

Hospital chiefs hail hard work after positive league table ranking

The University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton, part of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, left, and right, The James Cook University Hospital, part of the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Call for review of hospitals' leadership rejected

The best GP surgeries in England have been named after being rated by patients in the GP Patient Survey.

The 21 top GP surgeries in England ranked the best in the country

The Lord Darzi Report found that the NHS is in 'serious trouble'.

NHS reforms: Government announces new league tables for NHS providers

The government will be introducing a smoking ban, extending the indoor smoking ban to specific outdoor spaces.

Smoking ban UK: key things you need to know

Some of our MPs appear to hand their brains in at reception when they come to power. (Image created by AI)

'Good ideas from the Government appear thin on the ground'

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Labour proposes weight-loss jabs for unemployed to boost workforce

The Darzi report has found that the NHS is in a "critical condition". (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Lord Darzi review: What does it mean for you?

A 36-year-old man wielding a sword was arrested after an attack on members of the public and two police officers in Hainault. (Credit: Peter Kingdom/PA Wire)

Breaking Man wields sword in street attack

Left to right: Wes Streeting, Brenda Harrison and the Labour candidate for Tees Valley Mayor Chris McEwan in Hart Village. Picture by FRANK REID

Labour targeting clean sweep in elections

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Breaking Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Keir Mather

Who is Keir Mather? The new Labour MP for Selby and Ainsty

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged health leaders at an emergency meeting to take "bold and radical" action to alleviate the winter crisis in the NHS. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak holds emergency talks on winter NHS crisis

Labour shadow health secretary Wes Sweeting (centre) met Dan Hewitson (left), of the Hartlepool Ambulance Charity, Parliamentary candidate Jonathan Brash on a visit to the town on Saturday (October 8).

Labour health chief Wes Streeting visits Hartlepool Ambulance Charity
Labour will “under-promise and over-deliver” if it forms a government, according to one of the party’s most senior figures.
James Harrison

Labour party members were out talking to residents in Hartlepool on Saturday ahead of local elections.

Labour Councillors say the party wants to win Hartlepool at local elections

(L to R) Hartlepool Councillor Brenda Harrison alongside Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Councillor Jonathan Brash.

Shadow Health Secretary says Hartlepool has given Labour a 'kicking'

North Tees hospital Breast Screening And Symptomatic Services Manager Amanda Firby, with Alex Cunningham MP and Wes Streeting MP

Shadow health minister savages Government over NHS waiting lists

Downing Street cancels this year's Christmas Party

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