Unison head of health Karen Jennings said: "The government should start a recruitment drive to encourage more cleaners to step up to the mark and drive up hospital cleaning standards.
"There are no short cuts - cleaner hospitals demand more cleaners."
The government’s 10-Year Health Plan has vowed to stop “repetitive” and “irrelevant” training that takes up NHS staff time.
The key new policies revealed in today’s 10-Year Health Plan – across finance, performance, tech, workforce, innovation and care quality.
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