Dentists and doctors - Streeting's first days in jobpublished at 05:49 British Summer Time 8 July
Jim Reed
Health reporter
The new health secretary has what looks like a busy first week on the job.
Wes Streeting is due to make his first official visit today to a GP surgery alongside NHS England’s chief executive Amanda Pritchard.
In its election campaign Labour said it wanted to shift resources from hospitals to general practice and community care to try to spot health problems earlier.
He will also meet the British Dental Association to discuss changes to the much-criticised dental contract, which the union blames for an acute shortage of NHS appointments in many areas.
Tomorrow will see the first face-to-face talks with junior doctors as the new government tries to end a long-running pay dispute that has led to the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of operations and other procedures across England over the past 18 months.