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
Labour — Bury 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 SmythContract 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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