NHS: Agency Workers
Commons · Question 78093 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total staff remuneration through bank staff arrangements paid otherwise than through NHS Professionals Bank staff contracts in the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 24 Nov 2025
Bank staffing allows the National Health Service to meet workforce demand fluctuations without the need to increase capacity above that which is required on a sustained basis. NHS England publishes the total bank and agency spend for providers on a quarte...