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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the announcement of 13 March 2025 on the future of NHS England, how many people have been hired by NHS England since that date; and how many of those recruits were appointed to each non-medical role or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the announcement of 13 March 2025 on the future of NHS England, how many people have been hired by NHS England since that date; and how many of those recruits were appointed to each non-medical role or...
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many jobs at NHS England have been advertised since 13 March 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many jobs at NHS England have been advertised since 13 March 2025.
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to Question 124577 from the Rt hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to Question 124577 from the Rt hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire.
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to invest in (a) GP practices and (b) health centres in Witham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to invest in (a) GP practices and (b) health centres in Witham constituency.
As set out in the 10 Year Capital Plan, Government has committed over £200 million of Utilisation and Modernisation funding over four years to continue upgrading the general practice estate. The NHS East of England region has been provisionally allocated £25 million.
A further £200 million from this fund will support refurbishing the existing estate to deliver approximately 50 neighbourhood health centres this Parliament. We announced Wave 1 of neighbourhood health centre upgrade schemes in March 2026, with 27 sites across England selected to bring care closer to home.
Proposals for future waves of neighbourhood health centres are currently being assessed against the published criteria, as set out in the Neighbourhood Health Centre Guidance, with final decisions on future schemes yet to be confirmed. Projects that meet the criteria will be invited to develop detailed business cases before any final funding decisions are taken.
Across 2026/27 to 2029/30, the NHS East of England region has been allocated £579.6 million to deliver a left shift from hospital to community care and support the return to constitutional standards. The NHS Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust has been allocated £181.6 million in operational capital with they can allocate to local priorities over 2026/27 to 2029/30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If she has plans to increase the number of GP training places at Anglia Ruskin University.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If she has plans to increase the number of GP training places at Anglia Ruskin University.
The Government keeps the total number of medical school places under close review to ensure it meets England’s workforce requirements, and decisions on training numbers will be considered as part of the forthcoming 10 Year Workforce Plan.
General practice (GP) is a medical specialty, with doctors undertaking relevant specialty training following completion of medical school and the two-year Foundation Programme.
NHS England continues to expand the number of GP training places. An additional 250 GP training places will be available from September 2026, bringing the total number of training places to 4,500 with plans to expand further each year and reach 5,000 places by 2028.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for each of the last five financial years, what data is available on the uptake of a) the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service, and b) the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme among patients living in rural versus non-rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for each of the last five financial years, what data is available on the uptake of a) the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service, and b) the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme among patients living in rural versus non-rural areas.
No data is centrally held on the uptake of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service provision. The following table shows the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme’s uptake over the last five financial years:
2021/22 | 12,763 |
2022/23 | 13,817 |
2023/24 | 12,930 |
2024/25 | 10,315 |
2025/26 | 10,344 |
The usage of the schemes cannot be disaggregated by rural/non-rural areas as the data is not collected in this way.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the level of pay differentials between senior public sector positions in (a) the Civil Service and (b) the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the level of pay differentials between senior public sector positions in (a) the Civil Service and (b) the NHS.
In respect of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England (NHSE), the two organisations currently operate under different pay frameworks. DHSC, as a Civil Service department, applies pay and grading arrangements in line with Civil Service requirements. NHSE, as an Arm's Length Body, uses NHS pay and grading arrangements including Agenda for Change and other NHS contractual frameworks. Any future decisions on pay and terms and conditions in the new DHSC will be subject to formal consultation with recognised Trade Unions, and we will not give a running commentary on those discussions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of frontline healthcare staff, including a) GPs, b) nurses and c) other clinical professionals, available to provide services to patients in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of frontline healthcare staff, including a) GPs, b) nurses and c) other clinical professionals, available to provide services to patients in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 14 July to Question 17166.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact on taking a career break on healthcare professionals who are unable to re-enter NHS employment; and what support is available to maintain their clinical registrations during periods of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact on taking a career break on healthcare professionals who are unable to re-enter NHS employment; and what support is available to maintain their clinical registrations during periods of...
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer she was provided on 8 September in response to Question 22549.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policies her Department has put in place to assist nurses who take a career break in returning to employment within the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policies her Department has put in place to assist nurses who take a career break in returning to employment within the NHS.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer she was provided on 8 September in response to Question 22549.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to monitor and improve nursing retention and re-entry rates within the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the wider East Midlands integrated care system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to monitor and improve nursing retention and re-entry rates within the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the wider East Midlands integrated care system.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer she was provided on 8 September in response to Question 22549.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
Ambulance response times are published monthly for each of the 11 ambulance trusts in England and are available at the following link:
Decisions on local recruitment and employment are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts, to ensure they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care. Our upcoming 10 Year Workforce Plan will set out the action we will take at national level to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how she will work with the West Midlands Ambulance Service to ensure there are jobs available for newly qualified paramedics in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how she will work with the West Midlands Ambulance Service to ensure there are jobs available for newly qualified paramedics in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
Ambulance response times are published monthly for each of the 11 ambulance trusts in England and are available at the following link:
Decisions on local recruitment and employment are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts, to ensure they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care. Our upcoming 10 Year Workforce Plan will set out the action we will take at national level to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the total amount of interest that may become payable to NHS Pension Scheme members as a result of identified underpayments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the total amount of interest that may become payable to NHS Pension Scheme members as a result of identified underpayments.
The NHS Business Services Authority is taking forward work to validate the compliance issues identified at the NHS Pension Scheme. An independent audit carried out by the Government Actuary’s Department will confirm the extent of the member impact.
Based on current assessments, approximately 95% of the NHS Pension Scheme's members are expected to be unaffected. Any member that is affected by the compliance issues will be contacted directly by the NHS Business Services Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individual member records have been identified as containing errors in the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individual member records have been identified as containing errors in the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme since 2008.
The NHS Business Services Authority is taking forward work to validate the compliance issues identified at the NHS Pension Scheme. An independent audit carried out by the Government Actuary’s Department will confirm the extent of the member impact.
Based on current assessments, approximately 95% of the NHS Pension Scheme's members are expected to be unaffected. Any member that is affected by the compliance issues will be contacted directly by the NHS Business Services Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many remediable service statements have been a) issued, b) connected, c) connected and reissued, d) calculated and not issued, and e) not yet calculated to members of NHS pension scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many remediable service statements have been a) issued, b) connected, c) connected and reissued, d) calculated and not issued, and e) not yet calculated to members of NHS pension scheme.
The data requested is publicly available on the NHS Business Services Authority's website. The latest data for Remediable Service Statements, which is updated monthly, is available at the following link:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the distance between the helipad and Accident and Emergency at Addenbrookes Hospital on the time to transition patients from an air ambulance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the distance between the helipad and Accident and Emergency at Addenbrookes Hospital on the time to transition patients from an air ambulance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the benefit of mandating 24/7 availability of all hospital helipads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the benefit of mandating 24/7 availability of all hospital helipads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.
I refer the Hon Member to the sections of the Department’s annual report covering Sustainability, and Greening Government, which cover the Department’s monitoring and performance across a range of environmental measures, including food waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many remedial pension savings statements have been a) issued, b) connected, c) connected and reissued; d) calculated and not issued, and e) not yet calculated to members of NHS pension scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many remedial pension savings statements have been a) issued, b) connected, c) connected and reissued; d) calculated and not issued, and e) not yet calculated to members of NHS pension scheme.
The data requested is publicly available on the NHS Business Services Authority's website. The latest data for Remediable Service Statements, which is updated monthly, is available at the following link: