Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111485

Hospitals: Construction

Tabled: 6 February 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) the Programme Team of New Hospital Programme has adequate levels of staff and (b) staffing vacancies do not delay the implementation of that p

Answer

Karin Smyth
The New Hospital Programme (NHP) is a major Government programme and recognises the need to recruit, develop, and retain people with the specialist skills necessary to deliver the programme’s objectives. We recognise that having the right level of staff i...

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