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HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThat repeats the previous question, so I will not repeat the answer. It is slightly ironic to call for a plan for a new hospital programme and for a long-term workforce plan, and…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanIt is simply not correct to say that this is simply about flexibility—for example, look at the very significant changes made on pension tax. That was the No.1 demand of the…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanMy hon. Friend is exactly right. As a former Health Minister, he knows these issues extremely well. There is a requirement—this is something the chief medical officer, Professor…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanMy right hon. Friend makes a valid point about the integration between health and social care, and that was a flagship part of the reforms in 2022, which brought the NHS and…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThe right hon. Lady, for whom I have a huge amount of respect, is shaking her head, but it is a fact that the largest workforce group in the NHS are those on “Agenda for Change”,…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanBarnett consequentials will apply to the £2.4 billion funding over the five years. In respect of new roles, regulatory changes apply on a UK-wide basis. The plan itself is for the…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThe fact that we are talking to the workforce is shown by the fact that we have reached agreement with the largest workforce group in the NHS.03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanMy hon. Friend raises a brilliant point. I do not know if Members know, but there are 350 different types of role in the NHS. It is really important that we get the right…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanWe are already seeing a fifth more work than last year, due to the flexibilities that the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanCharacteristically, my hon. Friend the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee makes an extremely pertinent point about the role of the ICSs. As we move to place-based…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanWell, that really was a confused response. The hon. Lady began with reference to Labour’s proposals and the claim that our plan followed them. I took the precaution of bringing…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThat is also noted, Mr Speaker. May I, on behalf of the Government, note the passing of the former head of the civil service, Lord Kerslake? He had a distinguished career in…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThe Government note the comments that you have made from the Chair, Mr Speaker.03 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS Long-term Workforce PlanI refer hon. Members to the oral statement I will make in the House today, 3 July 2023, on the long-term workforce plan. [HCWS909]03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanFirst, this is a plan developed by colleagues in NHS England, so these are assumptions that have been agreed by those who lead within the NHS. It is about ensuring that people…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThe hon. Lady raises a fair point. It also applies to the issue of stroke. The elderly population has increased in many coastal and rural communities. That has created significant…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanTo take the hon. Gentleman’s first point, the plan does not get into individual specialties. That was a Health Committee recommendation, which I have discussed with the…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanMy hon. Friend raises a perfectly valid point. As we expand the primary care workforce, there is a capital consequence. The 50% expansion he talks about builds on the expansion…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThe Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough (Neil O'Brien) is looking at how we deliver more services within the existing…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThe question started by saying that we do not want plans for the future, we want to deal with the present, and finished by asking if we can have a plan for the future rather than…03 Jul 2023