Stuart Andrew

It is welcome that the Government is continuing our work to raise the status of social care and improve career opportunities. But big promises on pay, backed by only £500 million and coming after ...

A simple question went unanswered in today’s Health OPQs: is the NHS waiting list for planned treatment higher or lower than when Labour took office? The answer is higher. Ministers must prove pa...

Patients with serious neurological conditions should not be left waiting more than a year to see a specialist. The Government must explain how it will bring these unacceptable waits down and ensur...

The news of Ann Widdecombe’s death is deeply shocking. Ann was a remarkable woman who never lacked courage or conviction. My thoughts are with her family and friends at this terrible time.

Labour have been caught fiddling the figures. Their central claim on NHS waiting lists is now plain for all to see. It was a con. Labour are more interested in headlines than bringing waiting lis...

It was a pleasure to attend the Asda Tickled Pink reception in Parliament this week. Earlier diagnosis saves lives, and campaigns like this play an important role in encouraging people to know the...

Yesterday, I joined @curecjdcampaign in Parliament to hear from families affected by this devastating disease. Many have faced unimaginable loss, and their voices deserve to be heard. Encouraging...

This is very welcome news. I have met so many women, including constituents, who have fought for years to be diagnosed with endometriosis and taken seriously. This could make a real difference t...

With senior doctors now voting to strike, it is clear Labour has failed to protect patients and taxpayers. Only the @Conservatives have the team, the plan and the leader with the backbone to ban d...

Good to visit Three Shires Hospital in Northampton and meet the team delivering care for patients across the area. Independent providers can help expand capacity and get patients treated sooner. ...

Speaking in Westminster Hall, I pressed the Government to turn its pledge to cut premature deaths from heart disease and stroke by 25% into a credible plan. The promised framework is overdue. Mini...

Women harmed by pelvic mesh and families affected by sodium valproate have waited far too long for redress. Two years after the Hughes Report, the Government must now set out a fair route to justi...

Baroness Amos’s National Maternity and Neonatal Review lays bare failures exposed time and again. Families will judge this moment by whether women are heard, warning signs are acted on and fewer m...

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Many will be relieved that the strikes are ending - for now. But after major concessions from Labour, the BMA is already preparing to strike again if its next demands are not met. That is why the...

Children experiencing gender distress deserve kindness, patience and support. But when the evidence is uncertain, the risks may be lifelong and the patient is a child, the burden of proof must be ...

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Just 11 days after we launched our petition, the Government has confirmed it will either change the VAT rules or introduce a reimbursement scheme for medicines supplied free to patients. This is a...

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Behind the Ockenden Review are women, babies, fathers, partners and families whose trust was broken at the very moment they should have felt safest. Their pain cannot be undone by words alone. No...