Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 79531

Health Services: Armed Forces

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 130 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that the NHS is prepared for mass military cas

Answer

Ashley Dalton
There is a strong foundation of cross-government working between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Defence (MOD).A series of joint Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response exercises have taken place, and planning continues...
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