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Tuesday 10th October 2017

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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The hon. Lady should be very careful before talking down nurse associates. They do a fantastic job, they are trained, they are helping our NHS and they are welcomed by their nursing colleagues.

Bill Esterson Portrait Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
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Under this Government, there has been an unprecedented fall in the number of nurses: the NHS is short of 40,000 nurses and more than 6,000 have gone since 2010, under this Conservative Government. When will the Secretary of State acknowledge that he is failing the NHS and failing patients, and when will he do something about it?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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With respect, I really think the hon. Gentleman needs to get his facts right. The number of nurses has gone up, not down, since this Government have been in office. The number of nurses in our hospitals has gone up by more than 11,000, because this Government are supporting safer care in all our hospitals.

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