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NHS: Disclosure of Information

Commons · Question 52409 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 May 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer 6 May 2025 to Question 48666 on NHS: Disclosure of Information, if will he take steps to compensate NHS staff who signed non-disclosure agreements upon leaving the NHS.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 27 May 2025

The term non-disclosure agreement is not used in the National Health Service. A non-disclosure agreement is a general term used to describe any kind of legal agreement which sets out requirements, known as confidentiality clauses, that prohibit or restric...