Written question asked by Caroline Johnson (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 July 2026 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 14 July 2026. A substantive answer was provided by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
NHS England: Redundancy
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the estimated (a) number and (b) cost of the redundancies due to the abolition of the NHS England; and what information his Department has (c) sent to and (d) received from the Treasury regarding (a) and (b).
- Answer
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An impact assessment on patient safety measures has been undertaken and published alongside the introduction of the Health Bill 2026. This document contains the following impact assessments, including sections on current estimates of transfer costs: Abolishing Healthwatch England and Local Healthwatch; transfer of the Health Services Safety Investigation Body functions into the Care Quality Commission; and Care Quality Commission: extending the statute of limitations. The impact assessment can be viewed at the following link:
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 17378
- Session
- 2026-27
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Costs Redundancy NHS England
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
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- Timestamp
- 2026-07-16 10:50:29 +0100
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