Nursing: Higher Education Investment — [Philip Davies in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 2:30 pm on 21 November 2018.

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Photo of Eleanor Smith Eleanor Smith Labour, Wolverhampton South West 2:30, 21 November 2018

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but unfortunately, as someone who has worked on the wards, I have to say that we do not see it; it does not feel like that.

Simply put, there is no long-term plan without a registered nursing workforce. Whatever ambition the Secretary of State and Simon Stevens have must be matched by credible growth in the number of registered nurses.