Written questions

Health Services: Devon

Commons · Question 5514 · Tabled 1 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of voluntary redundancy programmes across Devon NHS trusts on regional healthcare resilience and patient safety.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Jun 2026

The National Health Service landscape needs to continually evolve to ensure it can provide high quality patient care.Any decision to offer a voluntary exit scheme is a matter for local employers and will be based on local service and staffing needs.Decisi...