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NHS: Aid Workers

Commons · Question 66553 · Tabled 10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide opportunities for NHS staff to work in (a) Gaza and (b) other conflict zones.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 21 Jul 2025

There are options for National Health Service staff to voluntarily provide healthcare support on a humanitarian basis and separately to their NHS duties. For example, humanitarian medical charities such as UK Med are active in Gaza, with NHS clinicians vo...