Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35192

Health Professions: Unemployment

Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the utilisation of (a) unemployed and (b) underemployed healthcare professionals in the NHS.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...
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