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THE PRIVATEER: Wes Streeting
Features / 11 March 2026
11 March 2026

In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint

ALTERNATIVES: Al Amal (Hope) palliative care team, during the home-based care visit in 2021. Pic: Alamalrwanda/CC
Science and Society / 11 March 2026
11 March 2026

With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

Health workers form a blockade in Soho Square during a protest outside the London headquarters of US tech giant Palantir, which was awarded a �330 million contract by NHS England last month to create a new data management system called the Federated Data Platform, December 21, 2023
Big Tech / 10 March 2026
10 March 2026

While Wes Streeting claims Britain lacks a growth strategy, his own NHS plans reveal one – turning the health service’s vast troves of patient data into a commercial asset for tech giants, investors and private healthcare firms, says HELEN MERCER

Doctor
NHS Crisis / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 23 February 2026
23 February 2026
Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaking to the media during a visit to the specialist surgical unit at Trafford General Hospital in Manchester, February 12, 2026
NHS Crisis / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside the RCN offices by Cardiff University Hospital, December 20, 2022
Workers' Rights / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026