Mr. Bernard Gloster:

On the staffing piece, our grade codes are broken down into the headline categories of: medical and dental; nursing and midwifery; health and social care professionals; management, administrative and general support; and patient and client care. Our maintenance and technical staff are included in general support, as would be cleaning staff, household staff and multitask assistants. Yes, all the grades of staff.

I know that there is a view about whether some of the posts are front line or not, and is one more important than the other. A health system works due to all of its component parts. You would have a pretty dangerous hospital if you were well staffed with nurses and doctors but did not have a cleaner.