Otherwise, most scores are much the same as last month, with many of them down even from its woeful levels.
Only 17 members of the Cabinet are above a lowly ten points. Sunak falls to his lowest negative rating yet. Badenoch continues to lead the rankings.
Cleverly drops from first in the table to near bottom, Badenoch goes top, Mordaunt is second, Hunt is still in negative ratings…as, on his return to the table, is Cameron.
Her mission from Rishi Sunak will have been simple: keep the health service quiet until the next election.
The Foreign Secretary has been a visible media and online presence since Hamas attacked Israel – and, like Ben Wallace during the Ukraine war, sees his place and rating rise.
Badenoch is top for the second month running, but scores are paltry almost all the way round, and in no way a springboard for the Manchester conference.
At just over 700 replies, the low response rate reflects not only the summer season but diminished expectations. This is a bleak return for the Government as Parliament resumes.
But taxes are already high and the Health Service consumes an ever-growing share of public spending. Brits can and do spend privately on healthcare – but our system refuses to tap into it.
My explanation? The Uxbridge & South Ruislip by-election result – and the Prime Minister’s tilt from green politics to red – or rather blue – meat.
The Health Secretary says the £2.4 billion spending will “scale up” each year as more people are trained.
The year-on-year temptation to divert resources from expensive training to importing qualified medics will be immense – and matching the terms on offer in places like Australia impossible.
We mark the Prime Minister out of ten for the five targets he imposed upon himself in January.
The Health Secretary admits that the Government’s scheme involves a “range of things” including refurbishments of existing hospitals.
TheyWorkforYou can be used as a guide to the performance of MPs: It’sNotWorkingForUs could be an alternative for taxpayers concerning the Civil Service.
Folding is not an option as long as Rishi Sunak’s commitment to fiscal sanity remains resolute. But will it come at the cost of his pledge to bring down waiting lists?