PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Health and Social Care - 14 March 2023 (Commons/Written Corrections)

Debate Detail

Contributions from Helen Whately, are highlighted with a yellow border.
The following is an extract from the Opposition day debate on NHS Workforce Expansion on 28 February 2023.
Helen Whately
I was talking about some of the things that we have done to vastly increase the number of healthcare professionals in the NHS. As part of our ambitions for the future, more than 26,000 students were accepted on to nursing and midwifery courses in England last year—a 28% increase on 2019.

[Official Report, 28 February 2023, Vol. 728, c. 678.]

Letter of correction from the Minister for Social Care, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately):

An error has been identified in the speech I gave in the Opposition day debate on NHS Workforce Expansion.

The correct statement should have been:
Helen Whately
I was talking about some of the things that we have done to vastly increase the number of healthcare professionals in the NHS. As part of our ambitions for the future, more than 26,000 students were accepted on to nursing and midwifery courses in England last year—a 16% increase on 2019.

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