Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I can do so through an honest and fair dialogue that calls out the challenges the INMO has identified, finds the solutions to those challenges and, of those solutions, selects the ones that can be responded to now. Regardless of the number of approved posts, when it comes to addressing staffing levels there is a limited number of graduates who can be recruited at any particular time. My head has to go not just to today but to resourcing into the future and how we can grow the numbers. Based on the basic projections, we need to significantly grow the number of training places across the higher education system for all health disciplines. I will do everything possible in the short term to alleviate and respond to the pressures that all the disciplines, including nurses, are identifying.