Written questions

NHS: Voluntary Work

Commons · Question 11333 · Tabled 28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Charlotte Nichols

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long-Term Workforce plan, what steps his Department plans to take to recognise the clinical capability of volunteers in enhancing NHS resilience and delivering NHS Career

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 4 Nov 2024

The Department and NHS England value the excellent contribution that clinically trained volunteers make in supporting the National Health Service, from the thousands of trained Community First Responders across the ambulance service, to volunteers from pa...