Reserve Forces: Health Services
Commons · Question 57166 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered a Sponsored Reserve model or similar arrangement to enable NHS clinicians to contribute directly to Defence Medical Services while maintaining NHS employment.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Jun 2025
There have been no formal considerations for the implementation of a Sponsored Reserve model within the National Health Service. The Department of Health and Social Care, in partnership with the Ministry of Defence, is focused on growing and maintaining t...