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NHS Staffing

I am sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker. I made a great mistake by letting the hon. Gentleman intervene. I know that the Government do not want what is happening, but it is happening none the less. Yesterday I was told that for the first time ever the hospital had to cancel a cardiac rehabilitation session because of the lack of staff. The Government would say that there are enough staff, but in reality that is not the case. The senior nurse to whom I spoke was dismayed at having to cancel the session. I know that the money is there and I guess that the former Chancellor lies down in a darkened room at night, and the Under-Secretary has probably seen him banging his head against a wall, saying, ““Look, we've put all this money in—why hasn't it worked?”” Everybody knows that that is the case and everybody is concerned about it.