Stuart Andrew

Conservative MP for the Daventry Constituency.
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

Labour promised to end corridor care.

More than 16,000 excess deaths have now been linked to long A&E waits.

Patients, families and staff need action, not just promises.

The Health Secretary needs to deliver.

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

16,000 NHS patients in England died after long waits in A&E... as service admits to hundreds of serious surgery blunders https://t.co/MGKZUOKvO5

[Mims Davies MP @mimsdavies]

❌ Delay after delay after delay ❌

The Secretary of State used every excuse under the sun - impact assessments, consultations, purdah, now after every excuse has been used, she chose to lay the code of practise on the last day before recess…then a no show on Monday…

⏰ The appalling lack of action, failure of updating #NHS policies a year after the Supreme Court Ruling & lack of communication protecting our women & girls is unacceptable

Even cases including the #Darlington #Nurses saw the Labour Government do nothing to protect them

This cannot keep going on, women & girls want & need action from this Government.

👉 As Shadow Minister for Women, my full speech is here : https://t.co/jpohJUwUui

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

Jewish patients putting off care. Staff facing racism from colleagues.

Lord Mann’s review exposes a deeply troubling culture of antisemitism and wider racism in parts of the NHS.

Ministers have accepted the recommendations. Now NHS leaders must be held accountable for rooting it out.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

Glad to see the Health Secretary now knows what a woman is.

After months of delay on the Code of Practice, the NHS needs clear direction.

Female wards, intimate care and changing rooms must be protected on the basis of biological sex.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

The Health Secretary is responsible for women’s healthcare, maternity services, breast cancer screening, female hospital wards and single-sex spaces for patients and staff.

These are serious issues that shape care and safeguarding across the NHS.

He should be able to define a woman without implying it is up for debate.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

Labour spent two years promising the Health Bill would transform the NHS.

Patients are still waiting. Staff are still under pressure. Doctors are still striking.

Now Ministers have to prove this is more than another announcement.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

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[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

Patients are fed up with excuses.

They want appointments when they need them, shorter waiting lists and better care.

We support reform that cuts waste and improves services.

But Labour’s Health Bill must not weaken patient safety, patient voice or safeguards around NHS data.

My piece in the Express ahead of today’s Second Reading 👇

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

So much for Labour’s National Care Service.

They promised reform, delayed meaningful change until 2028, and now appear to be rowing back from the pledge altogether.

Families, care workers and providers deserve better than delay, drift and yet another broken promise.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

If @Conservatives were in power, these strikes simply wouldn’t be happening.

That’s because we'll add doctors to the list of professions banned from striking. Just like police officers and members of the Armed Forces.

Our health should never be held ransom by unions.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

The previous @Conservatives Government backed the £42m TRANSFORM trial with Prostate Cancer UK to improve early detection of prostate cancer.

Today’s recommendation appears far narrower than many campaigners hoped.

The new Health Secretary must explain what this means for men at higher risk and the future of targeted screening.

[Dr Caroline Johnson MP @drcarolinej]

Resident doctors will strike for 4 days in June - their 16th strike.

Dr strikes cause patient suffering and cost a fortune.

Wes Streeting failed to stop the strikes.

How will the new Health Secretary James Murray get on?

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

This is important context 👇

Doctors have received multiple above-inflation pay rises, yet the union is still threatening disruption to patients and the NHS.

Ministers need to stop accepting the BMA’s framing and start standing up for patients.

[William Yarwood @yarwoodwilliam]

The BMA’s “pay restoration” campaign is built on one giant sleight of hand.

They deliberately start their analysis in 2008 because it ignores the huge above-inflation pay rises doctors received before then. In reality, resident doctors’ pay was already around 35% higher in real terms than in 1990. They have also been widely criticised for using a discredited measure of inflation (RPI) to calculate pay erosion, despite it being dropped as a national statistic more than a decade ago.

And despite all the rhetoric about “underpaid doctors”, resident doctors have already received multiple inflation-busting pay rises, the NHS is receiving record taxpayer funding, and they enjoy employer pension contributions worth 23.7%, which is nearly double what it is in Australia and around six times the private sector average.

At some point, politicians need to stop treating the BMA’s figures as neutral facts and deal with them for what they are - union militancy dressed up as economic analysis.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

Labour handed resident doctors a 28% pay rise and promised it would end the strikes.

Yet patients are once again facing cancelled appointments and disruption.

Labour has failed to protect patients or taxpayers.

@Conservatives would ban doctors’ strikes from holding the NHS hostage.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

Good to see Labour finally waking up to fit note reform.

@Conservatives have long argued that too many people are being written off work when they could be supported to recover, stay independent and contribute.

Once again, Labour are showing they had a plan to win power, but no plan for Government.

We must Get Britain Working Again.

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

Labour promised the staff the NHS needs.

Now reports suggest they are preparing to scale back NHS workforce growth, while relying more heavily on tech and productivity gains.

If people cannot get appointments now, Ministers need to explain how fewer staff is the answer.

[Chris Smyth @Smyth_Chris]

Excl: The NHS is proposing to cut back recruitment to avoid “financial ruin” and instead use AI to help doctors treat patients

Leaked workforce plan due to launch in coming weeks says NHS must make do with hundreds of thousands fewer staff than envisioned by Conservatives

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

🚨 Yet another u-turn from Labour 👇

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

We have been fighting Labour’s absurd Fuel Duty Hike from the start.

It was clear to everyone but Rachel Reeves that hard working families and drivers across Britain should not be punished, especially while petrol prices are rising.

Finally, Labour have U-turned. Here's why👇

[Stuart Andrew @StuartAndrew]

It was great to visit Matt’s farm in Welton and meet with Jessica and Jenny from @ArlaDairyUK, where the milk from the farm is processed. 🥛

Matt runs an impressive operation of 600 grazing cows 🐄 across 414 hectares, supplying milk through Arla to @Tesco. It was fascinating to see the innovation and technology being used in modern farming, including health-monitoring technology helping improve animal welfare.

We also had valuable discussions about food security, the future of farming, and encouraging more young people to consider careers in agriculture. 🌱

A really insightful visit and a great reminder of the important role local farmers play in supporting our economy and food supply.