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HEALTH – NHS BUREAUCRACY - 12 December 2022

HEALTH – NHS BUREAUCRACY - 12 December 2022

Dr Julian Lewis: Would there not be more money available for relatively poorly paid frontline NHS staff if there were fewer layers of management bureaucracy paid at substantially higher rates within the NHS?

[The Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Care (Will Quince): I thank my right hon. Friend for that question. I am sometimes staggered by the number of people on six-figure salaries within our NHS, but in an organisation of its size, management is also important. It is about getting the balance right, but we always continue – [Interruption.] The hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) chunters from a sedentary position. The balance may not be right, and we always continue to look at the ratio of management to frontline staff to make sure we are getting that right.]