Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 66800

Department of Health and Social Care: Communication

Tabled: 10 July 2025
Answered: 8 August 2025
Named Day

Question

Alison Bennett

Liberal DemocratMid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England work in communications.

Answer

Karin Smyth

At the end of June 2025, the Department had 90 full-time equivalent staff working in the Communications Directorate.

In NHS England, there are 328.8 full-time equivalent staff sitting under Communications in the Strategy Directorate. These individuals cover a wide range of communication roles and support functions, including business operations, system and stakeholder engagement, events and visit teams, and Parliamentary briefing and Freedom of Information management. There are a further six members of staff, who work in ‘Communications’ or ‘Comms’ teams in the wider business, which includes individuals working in Freedom of Information management and Parliamentary business.