8. Welsh Conservatives Debate: The health and social care workforce

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:55 pm on 20 June 2018.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless Conservative 5:55, 20 June 2018

Diolch. I was listening to Dai Lloyd, who I think speaks with greater practical authority than, perhaps, any of us can, as a doctor. All I really know about the NHS is from my family who work in it. My father was a doctor and my brother is a doctor, and my sister-in-law, my father-in-law, and my mother was a nurse—it goes on and on. I haven't taken that path myself, but I'm proud of what was announced over the weekend and clarified earlier this week: that the NHS, at least in England, is going to get a £20 billion real-terms increase in its funding, 3.5 per cent per year. I think that what that says to people who are working in the NHS is that they are valued, and, of course, it's not all about money, but it is about sending a message about what value we place on the staff. [Interruption.] Yes.