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HANSARDNational Health Service: NursesI recognise the point made by my noble friend and she is right to say that we need a diversity of people coming in to the profession. We have plans to train up to 5,000 nursing…08 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThe noble Lord is absolutely right that implementation is key. We can have great aspirations, but we must have a proper plan in place to ensure that we can deliver. The…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThat is almost all my brief. I echo the sentiments expressed by the noble Lord about my noble friend Lord O’Shaughnessy. The noble Lord is basically asking about next steps and…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThe plan is an overall strategy. The detail will be filled in over the coming months and years as we work closely with clinicians and people working in the NHS. That is why,…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanI have a couple of minutes. On the adult social care Green Paper, it was recently announced that the Government will provide local authorities with £240 million this financial…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanMy Lords, I thank both noble Baronesses for their contributions to this Statement. I am very grateful for some of the positive comments that were made from both Benches. I am very…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement given in the other place by the Secretary of State, Matt Hancock MP. Before I do so, I put on the record my…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanI thank my noble friend; as he says, there is a challenge. For the record, since everyone around the House, quite rightly, has praised my noble friend Lord O’Shaughnessy, I am not…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanBasically, the workforce proposals will depend not only on the outcome of the spending review; as the noble Baroness mentioned, my noble friend Lady Harding is also being tasked…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThe noble Lord makes a very important point. This Government are keen to see parity of esteem between mental health and acute services. Mental health will receive a growing share…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThe noble Lord makes a very valid point. As I indicated in my previous answer, data-sharing, although important, must be balanced with ensuring that safeguards are in place for…07 Jan 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanI thank my noble friend Lord O’Shaughnessy for his comments. Of course, data and information are very important. It is very difficult for clinicians when they do not have good…07 Jan 2019