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Jeremy Hunt is spoiling for a fight. He’s picked the wrong one

The Health Secretary’s quest for a ‘seven-day-a-week NHS’ is fundamentally misconceived

14 November 2015

9:00 AM

14 November 2015

9:00 AM

It has long been rumoured that when Jeremy Hunt took over as Health Secretary, Cameron told him to do one thing with the NHS: keep it out of the headlines. Given that the NHS is an enormous institution, the public take an avid interest in it and it is frequently rocked by scandals and financial difficulties, this was no easy task.

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Max Pemberton is a doctor, columnist for the Daily Mail and the editor of Spectator Health.

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