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Debate between Simon Burns and James Gray
Tuesday 22nd November 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Simon Burns Portrait Mr Burns
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Nothing has changed. As the hon. Gentleman will know, the NHS budget is a protected budget, and during the lifetime of the present Parliament it will receive real-terms increases. What the hon. Gentleman may not know is that the number of full-time equivalent clinical staff working in the NHS today is higher than it was in May 2010 and September 2009.

James Gray Portrait Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con)
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Over the weekend, the Minister will have seen a number of reports in the press that tens of thousands of NHS jobs were to go. Is he aware of any evidence that that is the case, or is it pure trade union scaremongering?

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