Written questions

NHS: Conditions of Employment

Commons · Question 117577 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that NHS commissioning ensures equivalent employment practices in outsourced NHS services.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 11 Mar 2026

The Government is committed to making work pay and ensuring that outsourced services are delivered in a way that improves quality, gives greater stability and longer-term investment in the workforce, and delivers better value for money as part of the broa...