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Tuesday 10th October 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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I can confirm that because the legal accountability, whatever co-operation arrangements are made, will stay exactly the same.

Lord Mann Portrait John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab)
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T2. My hospital trust tells me that there are no open or distance learning courses available anywhere to train new nurses. Considering the number of local people who are keen to be trained and the barriers that face them, will the Secretary of State agree to have a chinwag with me to solve this problem in Bassetlaw?

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That is a very attractive offer, and I am always happy to have a chinwag with the hon. Gentleman. Last week, we announced something that I hope will resolve that, which is that we are looking at holding nurse training courses on-site in hospital and community sites so that experienced healthcare assistants do not have to go to a higher education institution to do their training.

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