MP quits Labour shadow cabinet with swipe at Keir Starmer A SENIOR Labour MP has quit her role in the party’s shadow cabinet with a veiled attack on leader Keir Starmer. The National (Scotland) · Sep 4, 2023
Mental health patients waited last year in A&E for ‘over 5.4m hours’ Data was obtained through freedom of information requests to NHS acute trusts The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023
Mental health patients ‘waited over 5.4m hours in A&E last year’ The data was obtained through freedom of information requests to NHS acute trusts. The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023
Tory speechless as NO ONE in Question Time audience raises hand to support Rwanda plan Health minister Helen Whately appeared flustered after BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce asked if anyone supported the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and no one put their hand up Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2023
Here's who's on Question Time as show is broadcast from Exeter THE SNP’s deputy Westminster leader is set to appear on Question Time tonight as the show is broadcast from Exeter. The National (Scotland) · Jun 29, 2023
'Everyone knows this is a crisis' - Tyneside MP highlights shocking mental health stats and impact on NHS Liz Twist MP is passionate about mental health and suicide prevention Chronicle Live · Jun 19, 2023
Overstretched NHS workers take six million sick days because of poor mental health Labour’s Dr Rosena Allin-Khan warned hard-working staff including doctors and nurses are facing extra pressures as hospitals struggle with record waiting lists Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2023
England’s ambulance crews spend 1.8m hours a year on mental health callouts Exclusive: Labour says ‘alarming’ NHS figures show rising number of people on waiting lists for support reaching out to 999 in a crisis The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
Patients ‘waited millions of hours’ for mental health care in A&E The figures, taken from FOI requests sent to health boards across the country, equated to a total delay of 624 years over the 12 months. The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
Labour says 'bold' mental health plans are 'deliverable' as thousands struggle to get help Dr Rosena Allin-Khan visited Birkenhead to talk about Labour's plans to provide mental health hubs in every community Liverpool Echo · Apr 18, 2023
Prison officers 'at breaking point' as sick leave for mental stress surges The Prison Officers Association blames the issue on poor pay and jails being overcrowded, violent and short-staffed. National chair Mark Fairhurst wants trained counsellors employed on-site at every prison Daily Mirror · Apr 8, 2023
Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid tells Terry Christian to 'stop talking' as he kicks off about MPs' extra jobs Susannah Reid and Richard Madeley were discussing the topic of MPs having second jobs Wales Online · Mar 27, 2023
Terrified Ukrainian boy, 11, begs Rishi Sunak to let him join his dad in the UK The family applied for Boris Johnson's Homes for Ukraine scheme last September and is one of 9,400 cases caught up in Home Office delays and red tape Daily Mirror · Feb 25, 2023
Huge rise in number of police officers taking sick leave due to mental health issues Police officers in England took more than 730,000 sick days last year - up from 320,000 in 2012/13. They're having to cope with 'horrific cases' and 'austerity and budget cuts', says one police federation boss Daily Mirror · Feb 18, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023 Children in mental health crisis spent more than 900,000 hours in A&E in England Exclusive: Children as young as three in emergency departments for mental health problems, data obtained by Labour reveals
Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023 Senior Labour MPs at odds over private sector use in NHS Shadow health minister Rosena Allin-Kahn, who also works as an A&E doctor, calls for more NHS staff
Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2022 Wandsworth Prison went without mains water supply for 8 days MP calls for infrastructure upgrade after Wandsworth prisoners were left without mains water for eight days
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022 Ministers may order inquiry or review over English mental health care failings Decision due soon, MPs told, as campaigners press for ‘full and fearless’ public inquiry
The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022 Public inquiry under consideration to respond to NHS mental health care failures Health minister Maria Caulfield said a decision will be taken in the coming days regarding a public inquiry, after the deaths of three teenage girls.
Manchester Evening News · Oct 13, 2022 Minister apologises 'unequivocally' and hints at inquiry into mental health unit 'abuse' "In this case we've seen, in my view, some of the most horrific abuse"
The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2022 Scotland 'deserves better than Nicola Sturgeon', Labour MP claims A LABOUR MP has claimed that the “Scottish people deserve better than Nicola Sturgeon”.
Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022 One million people with mental health problems ignored by NHS in 12 months One patient said she only survived because her parents used £11,000 of their savings to put her in private care after was turned away from A&E after a suicide attempt
Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022 Child with mental health condition faces 79-hour A&E waiting time Children with mental health conditions attending hospital face days long waits in A&E, data revealed on Wednesday.
Liverpool Echo · Sep 27, 2022 Labour minister claims Tories not prioritising mental health 'crisis' The Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health told the ECHO she fears for the winter months
Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022 Matt Hancock's most awkward on-air blunders and gaffes as he hosts LBC Matt Hancock is hosting LBC's popular mid-morning show today. As he gets set to take to the airwaves, here's some of his worst on-air blunders and awkward moments