WATCH: Wes Streeting says Labour is 'clear with United States' on Greenland stance

Now we're going to talk about efforts to modernise the health service, which is a big thing for the Health Secretary of West Street, and I'm delighted to say, joins us now this morning, and you have a lot of announcements to make on this front, Health Secretary, and I think prioritising things particularly like menopause and recognising this is a condition and that you're going to take it seriously, and you're going to give people the ear of the health service over this

Yeah, good morning, Eamon. Yes, today we're announcing the next stage in the development of NHS Online, which was announced by the Prime Minister in the autumn at our Labour Party conference

and is designed to make sure that people get faster access to specialist care and advice

much earlier than they would otherwise do by connecting people for nine conditions

where it's clinically safe and appropriate to do so, to connect people online to a specialist in that area who can then speed up access to treatment

So you mentioned gynaecology. We've got some terrible gynae weights in this country

And it might be that if you've got something like menopause or endometriosis and you are going through a real challenge, your GP hasn't been able to resolve the problem, decides you need to see a specialist

NHS online will give you the choice of being able to connect to a specialist where there capacity in any part of the country in the way that you wouldn be able to do normally face And that specialist will then be able to look at your case

review your symptoms, and then decide on the next steps of care

For some people, that might be diagnostic tests and scans, a local community diagnostic centre or hospital

For others, it might be a prescription that pops up on the app. That's a great idea. Nobody objecting to that

But why is this any different than seeing a clinical professional in person

Well, because it will be faster. So we know that waiting lists for particular specialties can be worse in some parts of the country than others

And patterns ebb and flow. So if you can get access to a specialist faster online, then you might be able to do face to face

that can speed up access to the tests and scans or the treatment or the prescriptions that you might require depending on your condition

And the great thing about this is that for anyone watching who's thinking, well, that is not what I want

I'm not going to see someone online. What on earth are you talking about? Well, the good news is this is entirely through patient choice

If you don't want to see someone online, you're certainly not going to be made to. But the good news is, let's say, for example, I've got blurry vision, could be cataracts, could be all sorts of things

If I've opted to see a specialist via NHS online and I was in front of you in the queue for access to a specialist at one of our local hospitals

I've got out of your way, so you're being seen faster. So everyone wins from this

And crucially and the central principle for me always is about patient choice Mr Streeting our top story today is of course on Venezuela Is the government supportive of US military action in Venezuela on Saturday

And are you confident that it was in line with international law? Well, this is a fast-moving situation

And I don't have anything to add this morning to what the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary have already said

I appreciate that there are many people, including many of my own colleagues, who are making strident criticisms of the United States action

What the Prime Minister is doing and the Foreign Secretary is doing is weighing up what they say, how they say it and when they say it, because this is a delicate moment

and what the Prime Minister's considerations are is first and foremost UK interests and national security

Secondly, how do we make sure the people of Venezuela get the government they actually voted for

and the people of Venezuela get to choose their future, not anyone else? And thirdly, how do we make sure that we are upholding European defence and security

including our own national security, at a time when the rules-based order has been disintegrating before our eyes

And let's be clear about this. A world without rules is a world in which we are all less safe

The UK supports the rules-based international system. We have seen it creaking at the seams and now we see it disintegrating

It is our responsibility collectively to rebuild the rules-based international system because a world in which countries are abiding by the same rules

and working with each other is a world in which we are all safer But we are a far cry from where we have been sadly since the Second World War in terms of upholding that rules international system

And in terms of Greenland, we've heard President Trump talking about the US

needing Greenland from a perspective of national security, wanting to defend it from the likes of China and Russia

Prime Minister speaking yesterday saying he stands behind Denmark, he stands behind Greenland, but not going so far as to criticise

Trump, will he be speaking to him privately about this? No doubt the Prime Minister will be speaking to President Trump in the coming days. They do speak

regularly and the Prime Minister always seeks to use that influence to best effect both for

the UK's national interests, for the interests of the people of Ukraine and their fight against

Russian barbarism and imperialism, and also to make sure that we're leveraging that relationship

in the interest of our continental security as well. We are very clear about Greenland

It is for the people of Greenland to determine their own future. They've been very clear about where they stand

They are part of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are part of the NATO alliance. There is no question about Greenland's future

as far as the UK is concerned. and Greenland plays its part as part of the NATO alliance

and as part of the Kingdom of Denmark in our collective security

So we already have Greenland on our team. Denmark plays its part in our collective security in the NATO alliance

including protecting the security of this country and the Prime Minister has been very clear about where we stand