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Richard Burgon Excerpts
Tuesday 14th June 2022

(2 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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My hon. Friend makes a very good point and some good suggestions. West Midlands ambulance service is my local ambulance service too, and I recently met its chief executive officer and chairwoman. As he knows, the NHS has published and is executing a 10-point plan for emergency service recovery, but I shall certainly take what he says into account.

Richard Burgon Portrait Richard  Burgon  (Leeds East)  (Lab)
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T5.   Increasingly, hospitals have food banks to help NHS staff to cope with the cost of living crisis. Is it any wonder that the number of nurses leaving the NHS is at its highest for years? After a decade of pay cuts, will not yet another below-inflation pay award mean that even more nurses leave, which will have a hugely detrimental impact on patient care?

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I am pleased to say that we have more nurses working for the NHS than at any point in its history, and last year we recruited an additional 10,900.