National Health Service: Nurses Debate
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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National Health Service: Nurses
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Lord O'Shaughnessy
I thank my noble friend for that question. We should be looking at attrition rates in training and in the profession itself, and I would certainly be happy to work with him on that. I know he is particularly anxious about the turnover of nurses within certain training settings.
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)
My Lords, what is the current deficit that NHS providers are running in the health service? Can the Minister assure me that the NHS will actually have the money to spend on more nurses next year?
Lord O'Shaughnessy
I do not have to hand the figures the noble Lord asks for. He will know that the Government are putting in £10 billion over the five-year forward view period in order to support the world-class NHS that we all want to see.