Written questions

NHS: Conditions of Employment

Commons · Question 117578 · 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, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of staff providing NHS services being employed on different contractual terms to NHS Agenda for Change staff on (a) equality and (b) the workforc

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 11 Mar 2026

This specific assessment has not been made. Independent organisations commissioned by the National Health Service in England, such as general practices or social enterprises, are free to develop and adapt their own terms and conditions of employment, incl...