PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Ealing Central and Acton (3 September 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS staff in Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

Asked by:
Dr Rupa Huq (Labour)

Answer

The National Health Service has been facing chronic workforce shortages for years, and bringing in the staff and investment the NHS needs will take time. We are determined to fix our NHS, and restore it to a service we are proud of. We are committed to training the staff we need to get patients seen on time.

The Government will make sure the NHS has the staff it needs, to be there for all of us when we need it, and will get staff to the places where patients and the NHS needs them, not just benefiting Ealing and Acton, but the whole of the NHS in England.

Local employers are best placed to understand the diverse needs of their communities and subsequently manage their own recruitment to ensure they have the right number of staff, with the right skill mix, to provide the safe and effective care that their patients need.


Answered by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
10 September 2024

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