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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
NHS staff blockade the entrance to NHS England's headquarters in central London demanding the cancellation of its contract with Palantir, which campaign groups say supplies advanced technology to Israel's military. Picture date: Wednesday April 3, 2024
Gaza Genocide / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026
Reception area of the first GP walk-in clinic at Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre in Edinburgh, February 11, 2026
NHS / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 9 February 2026
9 February 2026
NHS resident doctors protesting outside Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, during a five-day strike after talks with the Government collapsed over pay, July 25, 2025
Workers' Rights / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026
Healthcare / 27 January 2026
27 January 2026
NHS Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
Scotland / 21 January 2026
21 January 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 18, 2023
Healthcare / 19 January 2026
19 January 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Wales / 19 January 2026
19 January 2026
Workers' Rights / 16 January 2026
16 January 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 15 January 2026
15 January 2026

Nurses share harrowing accounts of a ‘broken system’

An Accident and Emergency sign
NHS Crisis / 31 December 2025
31 December 2025
Resident doctors on the picket line outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, on the first day of a five-day walkout over pay and jobs, which could see up to half of the medical workforce in England could stop work. Picture date: Wednesday December 17, 2025
Editorial: / 22 December 2025
22 December 2025
Dentistry  Caroline LM / Creative Commons
Healthcare / 16 December 2025
16 December 2025
Workers' Rights / 17 December 2025
17 December 2025
NHS resident doctors protesting outside Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, during a five-day strike after talks with the Government collapsed over pay, July 25, 2025
Britain / 15 December 2025
15 December 2025

Resident doctors overwhelmingly reject government’s latest offer on jobs 

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Scotland / 15 December 2025
15 December 2025
A mother holding the feet of her new born baby in her hand
Healthcare / 9 December 2025
9 December 2025

Government figures show growing number of women dying during pregnancy or soon after giving birth

A dentist checking condition of a patient's teeth
Activism / 9 December 2025
9 December 2025

A searing scrutiny hearing has uncovered thousands of undelivered appointments, vanishing data and a system in chaos – galvanising councillors, patients and activists to demand urgent reform and an NHS dentist for all, writes SIMON BRIGNELL

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during his visit to the offices of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) in Edinburgh, June 17, 2025
Scotland / 8 December 2025
8 December 2025
Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray, September 17, 2024
Health Service / 4 December 2025
4 December 2025
Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) outside St Thomas' Hospital, London, January 3, 2024
Healthcare / 3 December 2025
3 December 2025

BMA hits back at Streeting's 'juvenile delinquency' and 'moaning minnies' accusations

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 24 November 2025
24 November 2025
NHS resident doctors outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, as thousands of resident doctors go on strike across England in a dispute over pay, November 14, 2025
Workers' Rights / 17 November 2025
17 November 2025
A ward at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, October 14
Workers' Rights / 10 November 2025
10 November 2025
Workers' Rights / 31 October 2025
31 October 2025
A support worker stands in a corridor as the first patients are admitted to the NHS Seacole Centre at Headley Court, Surrey, May 2020
Healthcare / 30 October 2025
30 October 2025
a baby's foot
Healthcare / 29 October 2025
29 October 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 18, 2023
Healthcare / 27 October 2025
27 October 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, July 2023
Healthcare / 21 October 2025
21 October 2025
Junior doctors protesting outside Downing Street, London, June 27, 2024
Workers' Rights / 7 October 2025
7 October 2025
We Own It campaigners and supporters outside the Labour Party Conference at the Liverpool Arena, September 29, 2025
Labour Party Conference 2025 / 29 September 2025
29 September 2025
Britain / 25 September 2025
25 September 2025
an Accident and Emergency sign
Healthcare / 19 September 2025
19 September 2025

‘Best way to deliver reform and a fair pay award is for government to negotiate directly with trade unions,’ RCN says