The MP's question or point. Include their concern, local impact, or criticism. 2-4 sentences.

The MP criticises the Government for adopting Labour's workforce proposals too late and questions the minister on the current state of NHS, including staff shortages, waiting lists, GP access issues, and ambulance delays. She also asks about funding the plan and plans to address industrial action.

The MP commends the training piece of the plan and questions how integrated care systems (ICSs) will play a role in staff retention and the creation of a 'one workforce' as mentioned in section 5.

The MP notes the significant dental shortage and asks about an increase in dental training places next year.

I welcome the workforce plan and applaud NHS England’s ambition. However, for the plan to be successful, it is vital that we promote career options that often go unseen. I therefore urge my right hon. Friend to work with the Education Secretary and NHS England to ensure that young people are better informed about the myriad opportunities in the allied health professions and as healthcare scientists before choosing GCSE, A-level or university options.

I associate myself with the remarks the Secretary of State made about Bob Kerslake. He was a true public servant, and his death is our loss. What is the point of a workforce plan if the Secretary of State is not actually talking to the workforce? When will he talk to the junior doctors and the consultants? Can I also ask whether the work on the workforce plan will start forthwith or sometime in the future?

I welcome this long-term plan, particularly its recognition that the skillsets required in the NHS over the next 10 or 15 years, with the requirement for multidisciplinary working and generalised clinical skills, are going to change. Does my right hon. Friend agree that two things are needed for implementation? One is to improve the sense of culture in the NHS, which could lead to better retention. The second element is to ensure that digital innovation, particularly the use of artificial intelligence to improve clinical skills and other skills, is rolled out more generally in the NHS.

I thank the Secretary of State for his comments about Bob Kerslake, whose spell in public service included his time as chief executive of Sheffield City Council. He continued to have many roles in the city, where he will be much missed. After this Government’s 13 years in charge, morale in the NHS is clearly at rock bottom, with the value of pay falling, pressures increasing and a record number of staff—almost 170,000—leaving the NHS last year. The CEO of NHS Providers said that that must be reversed, but all the Secretary of State talks about is a little bit of working flexibility. Does he recognise that he has to address the crisis in morale to stem the tide of people leaving the NHS?

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on this welcome announcement. I was happy to join his celebration of the 75th anniversary in the most practical way by visiting the new children’s emergency department at the William Harvey Hospital in my constituency. It is opening for patients this week and will be extremely welcome. He will be aware that some of the problems of the NHS can be solved only if we solve problems in the social care system as well. I urge him to follow up this extremely useful and welcome workforce plan for NHS workers with a similar idea for the social care system, because unless we fix one, we will not fix the other.

After promises of new hospitals that have not got off the ground and 6,000 more GPs that never came to pass, it is fair to say that the British public will judge the Government on their actions not their words. Let me press the Secretary of State further on social care. He will remember that at the start of this year, people were dying in the back of ambulances and in hospital corridors, in part because people could not be discharged from hospitals into social care. If the Government believe, as I do, that we cannot fix the NHS if we do not fix social care, will he also bring forward a workforce plan for our social care sector?

I welcome the NHS long-term workforce plan and in particular its emphasis on training, retention and reform. At the moment, about a quarter of NHS staff are recruited from abroad. Can the Secretary of State confirm to the House and my constituents that this plan enables the development of a strong pool of homegrown talent, so that we can reduce foreign recruitment more towards 10%, which would be a lot more sustainable for the long-term future of the NHS?

I add my condolences to the family of Bob Kerslake. I would congratulate the Secretary of State on this announcement if it did not come 13 years into a Conservative Government. The NHS went from 2.4 million people on waiting lists pre-COVID to 7.4 million now, and there are 154,000 fewer staff than needed today.

The proportion of GDP taken by the NHS has increased from 3.4% to 8.2%. Will the Secretary of State launch a study on fundamental reform of the whole nature and funding of our health system?

Figures from the Royal College of General Practitioners show that 53% of GPs cannot work in a flexible way. What will he do to get doctors with families back into the NHS?

How effective is the management of those human resources in the NHS? Will my right hon. Friend ensure that the NHS looks at important matters such as improving the quality of management systems and accounting control systems?

We know a Government are out of ideas when they copy the Opposition’s plan. The majority of those policies will not be implemented until after the general election. Will he take responsibility for shortages and admit that had the Government acted more than a decade ago, the NHS would have staff it needs now?

We have a superb new accident and emergency in Scunthorpe, and we are pressing ahead with plans for a large, state-of-the-art community diagnostic centre. Would the Secretary of State consider a tie-in so that newly qualified dentists spend a minimum percentage of their time delivering NHS care?

Despite the Conservatives adopting Labour's workforce plan, it lacks details on eye health. The NHS is currently short of more than 150,000 staff and has a crisis in ophthalmology with 80% of eye units not having enough consultants to meet demand. Will the Secretary of State say how many years it will take for the NHS to have sufficient ophthalmologists? Why won't he support my Bill for a national eye health strategy?

Following condolences for Lord Kerslake, could dentists and GPs be directed to areas of greatest need like northern Lincolnshire?

The Royal College of Nursing faces cuts resulting in fewer nursing student places in Northern Ireland. Will Barnett consequentials apply to the £2.4 billion funding for NHS workforce plan? What discussions have you had with Northern Ireland's Department of Health and the Assembly?

With 50% increase in annual training places for GPs and £20 billion hospital programme, how will the Secretary of State ensure that there is guaranteed capital budget for new doctors as they join primary care teams?

With pressures and crises facing the NHS, the workforce plan should not be seen as complacent. The lack of cancer treatment capacity is concerning; only 27% of patients get radiotherapy or concurrent treatments compared to international standards of 55-60%. What are you doing about increasing the size of specialised radiotherapy workforce?

A constituent raised concerns about staffing crisis in specialist paediatric dentistry. According to government statistics, 29.3% of five-year-olds have enamel and/or dentinal decay; the figure is as high as 38.7% in the north-west. The plan aims for 24% expansion by 2028-29 and 40% by 2031-32, but there’s no specific mention of specialist paediatric dentistry.

Recruitment and retention issues in rural areas are particularly bad, such as North Shropshire where there are some of the worst ambulance waiting times, cancer treatment rates and diabetic care rates. What will be done to help rural areas?