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Liz McInnes
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(8 years, 8 months ago)
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Ben Gummer
My hon. Friend is right, and the returns from the friends and family tests across the country show increasing patient satisfaction with the NHS.
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)
22. How does the Minister think that staff morale is affected when people hear the Government’s constant refrain of “implementing seven-day working”, particularly among pathology staff and others who have for decades provided a 24/7 service?
Ben Gummer
Despite the best efforts of Labour Members, staff morale has gone up over the past few years. The situation is not helped when the nature of the junior doctors contract is misrepresented, as it continually is by Labour Members. If they were to give a fair account of the contract to their constituents, I am sure we would see further improvements in staff morale in years to come.