Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the £22 billion efficiency savings identified in NHS England's Five Year Forward View will entail reductions in staff numbers.

NHS England will be announcing further details about the implementation of the Five Year Forward View in due course.

Making the best use of available technologies and cutting administration costs will free up £1.5 billion per year in this Parliament for extra resources for front line patient care.

The Government's manifesto committed that we would continue to ensure that we have enough doctors, nurses and other staff to meet patients’ needs.