NHS Trusts: English Language
Commons · Question 82827 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to NHS trusts on ensuring that (a) reception and (b) administrative staff are proficient in English.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 11 Nov 2025
National Health Service trusts are independent bodies and as such have responsibility for their own recruitment policies and for ensuring their appointment procedures are aligned with employment law and good human resources practice.Employers have respons...