Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10643

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Staff

Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024

Question

Dr Peter Prinsley

LabourBury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of plans to outsource hundreds of staff by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust on (a) NHS services and the (b) healthcare workforce.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Contract award decisions in the National Health Service fall directly to individual NHS bodies, which are responsible for running their own procurement exercises. Ministers do not have general powers in legislation to direct NHS trusts in relation to the ...

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