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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...