My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. On the lack of workforce, does he agree that another area is the mental health service, which is getting worse across the board? Individuals and families are suffering, but there also is a knock-on effect on the police. A fifth of their time is spent helping people with mental illness. The economy loses £100 billion every year through mental illness.
NHS Workforce Expansion
Proceeding contribution from
Afzal Khan
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 28 February 2023.
It occurred during Opposition day on NHS Workforce Expansion.
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