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Commons · Question 49072 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 May 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential change in the number of (a) contracted staff and (b) bank and agency staff in the NHS in 2025-26.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 May 2025

The Department has made no specific estimate of the change in contracted National Health Service staff, bank and agency staff, corporate functions staff, or those in other functions in NHS trusts in England over the 2025/26 financial year, beyond the posi...