Proceeding contribution from Andy Burnham (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 November 2016. It occurred during Opposition day on National Health Service Funding.
National Health Service Funding
The Secretary of State is trying to blame hospitals for the deficit, but the point is that the spend on agency staff has ballooned in England over the past six years. The reason is that the Government, and their predecessor, cut nurse training places and left hospitals in the grip of private staffing agencies. It is therefore simply not fair of the Secretary of State to stand at the Dispatch Box and blame hospitals for a problem of the Government’s making.
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- 617 c835
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- 2016-17
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Finance NHS Reorganisation Cuts
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