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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...