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Written question asked by Nick Smith (Labour) on Monday, 8 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 January 2024 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 11 January 2024. A substantive answer was provided by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 January 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS: Pay

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NAO report Investigation into supply chain finance in the NHS, HC 734, published on 29 October 2021, what the costs have been to NHS Trusts which used the Earnd of switching to alternative salary advancement initiatives.

Answer

As detailed in the National Audit Office (NAO) report, of the seven National Health Service trusts reported on by the NAO as having used the EARND scheme, two were reported as having lost money totalling £21,429. NHS England was not aware of any other NHS trusts losing money through the EARND scheme.

The identities of the seven NHS trusts were anonymised in the NAO report and therefore it is not possible to provide information on the costs to these trusts of using alternative salary advance schemes since the date of the report.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
8404
Session
2023-24
Related items
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Costs NHS Pay Staff Greensill
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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