![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than attempting to involve themselves in devolved areas, the UK government would be well served focusing on tackling the many issues in the health service south of the border.”īarclay would not be drawn on claims that two-thirds of cancer targets in NHS England will be scrapped. The Scottish health secretary, Michael Matheson, said: “The NHS in England is about to experience its fifth round of strikes by junior doctors. ![]() He should concentrate on his job and I will concentrate on mine.” None of those are counted in the English figures. We count in our statistics diagnostics and therapies. The Welsh health minister, Eluned Morgan, described Barclay’s comments as a “naked political hit” and said “the fact is we measure very, very differently. Rishi Sunak’s government has attempted to define this week’s media activity as being about the NHS, and immediately sparked a row with devolved administrations over a call by the UK health secretary that waiting patients in Scotland and Wales would be welcomed to get treatment faster in England, where a record 7.6 million people are on NHS waiting lists. He backed people being returned to the vessel.įormer home secretary Priti Patel has accused the government of being “secretive” and “evasive” about plans to house asylum seekers on a disused RAF base. ![]() Thirty nine people were removed from the vessel on Friday. The health secretary, Steve Barclay, claimed that ministers at the Home Office were only informed of the situation on Thursday night, and acted swiftly. We do expect them to be back on to the boat as soon as possible.”Īsked if the prime minister still had confidence in the home secretary, Suella Braverman, and the work of the Home Office after the Bibby Stockholm evacuation, No 10 said yes. The prime minister’s official spokesperson said: “We’re not putting a timeline on that. Downing Street declined to say when asylum seekers might be returned to the Bibby Stockholm barge, after traces of legionella bacteria were found. ![]()
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