NHS: Strikes
Commons · Question 91043 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 77546 on NHS: Strikes, whether (a) paid and (b) unpaid trade union facility time can be used for NHS staff who are trade union representatives
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Dec 2025
It is for each National Health Service employer and representatives of locally recognised trades unions to agree in partnership to local arrangements and procedures on time off and facilities that are appropriate in local circumstances and whether that ti...