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HANSARDNHS WorkforceI have said that I am going to give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth (Dr Evans), and then I am going to wrap up. As I was saying, sometimes there are areas where it…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceThe hon. Lady raises a fair point. That fund has been set up because there is an issue with how recruitment sometimes applies between different areas. We always face the challenge…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceNo, of course not. The hon. Gentleman knows that is not the case. It is a bit like when he goes around the media to charge the Government with refusing to talk to the unions.…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceAs part of making things easier, I set up a taskforce in the Department over the summer to look at how we can increase the numbers. We have increased the number of nurses…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceThe hon. Lady had a go earlier, but I will let her have a final go.06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceThe hon. Lady has had a go, so I will make some progress. The hon. Member for Ilford North says that Labour would free up £3.2 billion by making changes in respect of…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceThe hon. Lady raises a fair point. Nurses are under huge pressure, and I want to say how much we respect and value the work they do. The pandemic has placed huge strain on the…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceMy hon. Friend raises an important point. The Government have increased the funding, which will be used in new, innovative ways to deal with the huge challenge we face as a…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceAs the hon. Gentleman knows, I have been at pains to point to the huge pressure the pandemic has generated, which he seems unwilling to accept. In Wales, 60,000 people have been…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceI discussed this issue with the Home Secretary this week: how we work together across Departments, not just on the visa system, but on other equities. For example, the amount of…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceI agree that it is not simply about statistics, but I think it is remiss not to point to the increase in doctor numbers, with 2,300 more in primary care—06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have seen the hon. Gentleman make that claim across the media a number of times. Just to reassure him, my door is open and I have been clear with the trade unions that I am…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises an important issue that is of concern across the House, as we have already seen in the exchanges the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important case. I am happy to meet him to discuss it further, because it is a concerning case and I am keen to engage with him on it.06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceCan I just answer the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse)? I have taken a number of interventions. The hon. Lady is intervening on an intervention. We must look at the increase…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNew Hospitals Programme: King’s LynnI note the extensive support that my hon. Friend has among parliamentary colleagues, including my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss), who has…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNew Hospitals Programme: King’s LynnI had the question down as No.13, but given who is asking the question I can guess that it is related to the build of the King’s Lynn hospital. I visited the site and looked at…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe know that women can benefit from more personalised care, especially in pregnancy. The Tommy’s app is a new clinical decision tool for the NHS and for women, another example of…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, it is a bit bizarre that, at departmental questions, the best the hon. Gentleman can manage is “a Government source”. Secondly, the revelation from that Government source…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can reassure the hon. Gentleman on that. I would have thought that he would also welcome the commitment to a £15 billion to £20 billion increase in R&D investment, the…06 Dec 2022