GB News presenter Camilla Tominey criticized Health Secretary Wes Streeting over NHS corridor care and waiting times in an on-air debate. According to Daily Express - Showbiz, Camilla Tominey stated that 12-hour trolley waits increased under Labour, citing statistics of 28,000 in August 2024, 36,000 in August 2025, and 71,000 in January 2026. Streeting acknowledged that the NHS was in its worst crisis when Labour inherited it and took responsibility for long waits in A&E under his watch.
According to Daily Express - Showbiz, Wes Streeting cited improvements under Labour, including the lowest waiting lists in three years, best four-hour wait numbers in four years, and fastest ambulance response times in five years. He announced a specific focus to tackle corridor care. A doctor in the Question Time audience criticized Streeting, stating that corridor care in A&E is unsafe and undignified, with people in corridors daily.
Are you going to apologise for the fact that under Labour, 12-hour trolley waits have gone up?
Separately, Streeting appeared on Good Morning Britain with Vicky Pattison to discuss women's health, where a GMB investigation revealed that 51% of women feel dismissed by medical professionals and over half experience misdiagnosis. Pattison campaigned against medical misogyny after a five-year delay in receiving a PMDD diagnosis. Streeting has previously said he had 'had it' with doctors wanting higher pay increases and described an outbreak of 'juvenile delinquency' at the doctors' union before a strike in December.
In August 2024, 28,000 people waited for more than 12 hours. The following year, in August 2025, 36,000 people were waiting 12 or more hours. In January 2026, 71,000 people were waiting for 12 or more hours on trolleys in NHS hospitals. That's not the Tories' fault, is it? That's Labour's.
It's certainly true to say we inherited the NHS in the worst crisis in its history, and I do, absolutely, Camilla, take responsibility for what happens on our watch. It is fair to say, I don't reject for a moment that criticism you're making about some of the longer waits in A&E. I do take responsibility for that, and I have and will continue to apologise to people who, under my watch, are not receiving the quality of care and the timeliness of care I would expect.
For all the improvements we're seeing in the NHS, and we are seeing many, like the waiting lists are the lowest they've been in three years, four-hour waits, the numbers there are the best we've ever had in four years, we've got the fastest ambulance response times in five years. But while we make improvements, I will always report back on the things that are going in the right direction and take responsibility for things where we need to do better. I'm not going to look the other way or pretend this isn't a problem; it is. That's one of the reasons why today we're announcing the specific focus to tackle corridor care.
I'm sorry. Me and my husband are trying for a baby, not me and Wes!
When I first started talking about PMDD and things like that, I did it because I felt alone and felt that no one was listening to me in the professional space. I never would have anticipated ending up here, sitting next to Wes, and chatting to you guys about this, and hopefully making - well, definitely making - changes for, who knows, my daughter.