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There is a huge appetite in the college sector to be very active in engaging with employers. We have pump-primed some of the ability to do that and get additional income in through the flexible workforce development fund and the apprenticeship programmes.
It is one thing to flag up where there has been active alignment in relation to the Government’s legal duties, but it is clear that alignment goes much wider than that.
Is it possible to draw a broad line and say that people in private sector residential care get poorer care and people in the public sector or the voluntary sector get better care?
I hear more and more every day from constituents who are struggling to get an appointment, including one with a 14-month-old baby who cannot get registered.
When people come to the end of their term, they need to be replaced, so there are spikes in activity in some years and there is less activity in others.