Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 5:19 pm on 1 February 2016.
Lord Prior of Brampton
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health
5:19,
1 February 2016
The cap on agency staffing rates and on agency staff has really started to apply only in the past six weeks. So far, it looks as if we are making significant progress there. As I said in answer to the Question, the NHS is receiving £3.8 billion of extra funding in the forthcoming year. We believe that that will enable it to restore its finances to a proper balance by April 2017.
