The prime minister insisted scrapping the lifetime allowance - which was announced in the spring budget - will mean doctors take on extra shifts.
In response to a written question from Labour last November, health minister Will Quince provided statistics showing 105 doctors left the NHS due to early retirement in 2021/2022.
While Mr Sunak would not say how many doctors removing the £1m tax-free threshold could entice back, he said"overall we think about 12,000 people will be working more in the workforce".announced last week will be funded.The government has put forward a revised 5% pay offer to NHS staff Unions reached the deal with the government in a major breakthrough that saw NHS staff offered a one-off payment of 2% of their salary plus a COVID recovery bonus of 4% for the current financial year 2022/23, and a 5% pay increase for 2023/24.Pressed further, he said:"We're just about to start the financial year and the NHS and social care will have £14bn more over the next couple of years.
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