Health and Social Care Workforce

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Such a choice. I give way to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West).

I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate at such an important moment, when waiting lis...

Anybody employed in health and care should be treated properly and with respect, and they should ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate, and I thank him and the Committee for doing ...

We very much do. I will come on to that, but I am happy to address the point straightaway. In get...

I am alarmed, as my hon. Friend is, about the 9.1% annual loss of staff, which is a high loss rat...

Yes. There is a part of the workforce plan, which the Select Committee discussed a little yesterd...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on his report. On the issue of making places available, the report ...

I thank the Chair of the Education Committee for being a guest at yesterday’s session with the me...

I see why there may be difficulties speeding up between 2022 and 2025, although, like the other c...

I see no reason why not. I am always open to argument from Government Members, but in so many par...

I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way again. I could not agree with him more on the poi...

Yes. One witness at our session yesterday said that the tap is well and truly on but the plug is ...

What assessment have the hon. Member and the Committee made of the iterative process and the Trea...

We have not done that yet, but I merely put down a marker today that I hope there will be a revie...

Like others, I warmly welcome the workforce plan. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for ...

Let me further the debate on this. We talked to the trust chief executive about this yesterday. S...

That is right. I hasten to add that there are many examples of good practice in the NHS. In the h...

I have met scores of people working in the NHS at different levels; I am sure the right hon. Gent...

I agree with all that. I have been very careful not to criticise the staff; I am talking about a ...

We have the time, so let us explore that briefly. My right hon. Friend is right to talk about tec...

Yes, indeed. Wishing to be optimistic, I was pointing out, as many will do, that there is huge op...

It is a pleasure to speak in such a very well-informed debate. I thank my hon. Friend the Member ...

I thank the Backbench Business Committee for scheduling this debate and the hon. Member for Winch...

My grandfather was a doctor, my mother was a doctor, my father was a surgeon and my aunt a nurse,...

To conclude the debate, I call Steve Brine.

4.19 pm

I will close by thanking the Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwoo...