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HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn an average strike day, I believe it is about 2,500.24 Jan 2023HANSARDDoctor TrainingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George, and I am hugely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne) for raising this…17 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft National Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme - Consultation) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft National Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme—Consultation) (No. 2) Regulations. It is a great pleasure to serve under…09 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft National Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme - Consultation) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Lady for clearing that up. I think the answer to the question is that if an integrated care board or a provider hits the 66%, that threshold is triggered. Perhaps…09 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft National Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme - Consultation) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Member for Enfield North for her constructive comments and broad support. Several of the issues raised did not actually relate specifically to this debate. We are…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS WorkforceThe NHS workforce are the key component of the NHS. The NHS is one of the largest single employers in the country and globally. Around 5% of the England workforce are employed by…19 Dec 2022HANSARDGenome UK: England Implementation PlanThis is a joint statement with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In 2020, the Government published Genome UK, the UK’s genomic healthcare…13 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsI understand why the hon. Gentleman is asking that question, and I am sorry to sound like a broken record, but we accepted the independent pay review body’s recommendations in…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsWe have already been clear that we would be very happy to meet the unions, and I understand that a meeting is being organised, but let me reiterate the point about what exactly…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsI am grateful to the hon. Member for his question, which I am taking on behalf of the Department as the Secretary of State is attending a Cobra meeting on contingency planning for…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsThe fact is that Labour is all over the place when it comes to strikes. They criticise Ministers while admitting that the unions’ pay demands are unaffordable. The hon. Gentleman…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and I echo his comments on the tragic events in Solihull, the boys who lost their lives and the heroic actions of those in the emergency…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsRepresenting the garrison city of Colchester, I have nothing but the utmost respect for our armed forces. It has not escaped my notice that many of them are on lower pay than NHS…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsThat is a bizarre question, because the only reason we have to put in a MACA—military aid to civil authorities—request is that the unions have called strike action over Christmas.…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsI thank the hon. Lady for her question and for her service as a nurse. We value hugely and appreciate all our NHS staff. We have given them a pay rise this year, on top of 3% last…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsMy right hon. Friend is right. We have an independent pay review body mechanism for a reason, and it has worked for a number of years. That is why I made reference to the First…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsWe are currently having those derogation discussions with the unions, and they will also happen at an individual trust level. As my hon. Friend will know, having been out with her…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsThe average pay settlements in the private sector range between 4% and 6%, and we want to have a fair deal for both NHS staff and the taxpayer. The hon. Lady makes reference to…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: granting double-digit pay rises would sustain higher levels of inflation and have a bigger impact on people’s income in the long term, as well…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsThe hon. Lady talks about NHS staffing levels; we have 1.2 million staff within our NHS, and compared with last year, we have 3,700 more doctors and 9,100 more nurses, and…12 Dec 2022