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HANSARDNHS: Allocation of Financial ResourcesThe delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services sets out how we will provide 5,000 additional permanent beds, backed by £1 billion of dedicated funding to…11 May 2023HANSARDNHS: Allocation of Financial ResourcesWe have been giving a lot of Statements. Just this week, I was telling the House about the primary care plan; we announced the social care plan earlier in April; and we had the…11 May 2023HANSARDNHS: Allocation of Financial ResourcesYes, and we are doing it. We have committed to an up to £7.5 billion increase in funding over the next two years. We announced last month a social care plan which is addressing…11 May 2023HANSARDNHS: Allocation of Financial ResourcesI am pleased to say that the figures announced today show that response times are coming down. For category 1, the most serious, we achieved the 15-minute target for 90% of calls.…11 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesFirst, I would say that we have been negotiating with unions, the majority of which on the Agenda for Change now accept where we are. I think a lot of progress has been made in…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesAbsolutely, retention is key. The number I gave is net of those people leaving, so the 43,000 increase takes that all into account. We have an NHS retention program, and we are…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesI thank my noble friend, and I think the whole House would wholeheartedly agree with her comments. Health Education England has a return-to-work practice which allows many…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesI do not have those precise figures to hand, but I am happy to supply them. International recruitment, as ever with the NHS, is a key component of our recruitment efforts, and…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesYes. Technology is a key part of that as well. Noble Lords have heard me talk about virtual wards. I have seen some excellent examples in Watford General Hospital, and we have…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesThe noble Baroness makes an important point. The role of stroke nurses and physios in this space is vital in getting people back to a healthy state. It is the responsibility of…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesI am afraid I do not recognise those numbers. What I recognise is the need to ensure that we are supporting our nurses and all our NHS workers. As I mentioned before, I am glad to…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesThis Government have increased the size of the NHS workforce over the last decade and are committed to continuing to grow the workforce to meet the rising demand for health and…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesAbsolutely. The message is very much that we want to make it as easy and productive as possible for people to help out and recruit. That is why the NHS apprentice programme for…10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesWe have an ethical recruitment process in place to make sure that we are only recruiting in the right way. At the same time, as I mentioned, we have more undergraduates than…10 May 2023HANSARDRecovering Access to Primary CareI thank my noble friend. As evidence of the good work that receptionists do under trying circumstances, in a recent survey 91% of patients said that their needs were met. On the…09 May 2023HANSARDRecovering Access to Primary CareI thank my noble friend for her comments and completely agree that this plan is all about making sure that we are using our most skilled practitioners in the most effective way.…09 May 2023HANSARDRecovering Access to Primary CareThe noble Lord is quite correct to point out that, where you have a number of new houses in a local community, you need to make sure that there are primary care services to serve…09 May 2023HANSARDRecovering Access to Primary CareFirst, I completely agree with the noble Baroness’s point that prevention is better than cure—I think we would all subscribe to that—and that is what the Government’s manifesto…09 May 2023HANSARDRecovering Access to Primary CareI thank noble Lords for their comments and appreciate the general welcome for the tenets of the plan from all sides. I want to say that, rather than “too little, too late”, this…09 May 2023HANSARDRecovering Access to Primary CareMy Lords, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place: “Madam Deputy Speaker, with permission, I would like to make a Statement on the primary care recovery plan. For…09 May 2023