Health Professions: Migrant Workers
Commons · Question 73102 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Cat Eccles
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that essential NHS staff in Band?2 and Band?3 roles are eligible for inclusion on the (a) Health and Care Worker vis
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 11 Sep 2025
National Health Service staff working in Agenda for Change band 2 roles have never been eligible for the Health and Care Worker visa as they do not meet the skills threshold of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 3 diploma.On 9 April, the m...