Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Philip Dunne and John Baron

Tuesday 11th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Dunne]

Health Ministers have been very clear about reassuring all the 53,000 EU citizens working in our NHS that their roles are secure. Regarding clinicians, I remind the hon. Gentleman that, although we have some vacancy rates, which are acknowledged, we now have 7,800 more consultants employed in the NHS than in May 2010, 8,500 more doctors than in May 2010, and over 10,500 more nurses working on our wards. We have gone through a very consistent policy of recruiting more people to work in the NHS under this Government.

[Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con)]

10. What steps his Department is taking to model the potential cost savings to the NHS budget of earlier diagnosis of cancers.