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Written Question
Nurses
Tuesday 10th January 2023

Asked by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all NHS nursing staff in each year since 2010.

Answered by Will Quince

The information requested is not collected centrally.

Written Question
NHS: Vacancies
Friday 9th December 2022

Asked by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of below-inflation pay rises on the level of staff vacancies in the NHS.

Answered by Will Quince

The Pay Review Body (PRB) process is the established mechanism for determining pay uplifts in the public sector, including for staff working in the NHS.

In formulating their recommendations, the Review Bodies carefully consider evidence from a wide range of stakeholders, including NHS system partners and trade unions. In reaching their recommendations the independent PRBs consider a number of factors, including recruitment, retention, morale and motivation, alongside affordability and the economic context, including inflation.

Written Question
Public Service: Finance
Tuesday 6th December 2022

Asked by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of cuts to public services on trends in the level of excess deaths.

Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)

No specific assessment has been made.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Jill Mortimer) on securing the debate, and on the candour and bravery with which she spoke from personal experience. I will use the limited time available to me to share the experience …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"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 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Childhood Cancer Outcomes

"I congratulate the hon. Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) on securing the debate. I have been receiving emails during the debate from constituents who are delighted that this important subject is being discussed.

I want to pay tribute to a family in my constituency—to John and Hayley McGee and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 31 Jan 2022
Future of the NHS

"It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Gray, and it is wonderful to hear all these passionate speeches today. We need to be clear that whether they admit it or not, the Conservatives have always had a problem with the national health service. They might try …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"I really must press the Secretary of State on this issue, on behalf of workers in my constituency and across the country, particularly low-paid workers. Why are the Government not offering us a vote today on whether to increase sick pay to real living wage levels? We cannot have a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"The Health and Care Bill is deeply problematic. I want to focus on two issues that, when combined, mean that it is a complete disaster. It not only makes it easier for private health giants to profit from the national health service; it also makes a charter for corruption because …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"We are not seeking to wage war on GPs; we want to support GPs and properly resource them. We see so many GPs retiring and not being replaced. It is this Government who are waging war on our NHS with this further Americanisation of our NHS. It is a dangerous …..."
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