Written question asked by Chris Green (Conservative) on Monday, 23 January 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 January 2023. It was answered by Will Quince (Conservative) on Monday, 30 January 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS: Staff

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on trends in the number of (a) nurse and (b) pharmaceutical staff vacancies within the (i) quality assurance and (ii) governance disclipines of homecare medicines services.

Answer: NHS England’s Commercial Medicines Unit, which manages the national framework agreements for the provision of homecare medicines services, holds regular engagement meetings with providers on the framework and when appropriate will discuss recruitment and retention of staff. The National Homecare Medicines Committee also holds discussions regarding recruitment, retention and vacancies during engagement meetings with providers when appropriate to do so.

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