Government Targets
5:01 pm
Dr John Reid (Secretary of State, Department of Health; Hamilton North and Bellshill, Labour)
I know that it is difficult for the hon. Gentleman, but will he take this third opportunity to say that he does not believe that the practice is common among NHS staff and that the vast majority of them are decent professionals who are wholly committed to what they are doing? It is simple to say; or is he joining the malign attacks by the Opposition on those who work in the NHS?