Why Wes Streeting’s woman problem might have just caught up with him
- Posted on May 20, 2026
- By The Independent
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Why Wes Streeting’s woman problem might have just caught up with him
As health secretary, he called the state of maternity services a ‘cause for national shame’. Yet one in four women still report a negative birth experience, and around 300,000 are estimated to have suffered harm during his tenure. Resigning now is just another example of a broader pattern of deprioritising women’s concerns, campaigners tell Rosie Taylor
