Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96493

Hospitals: Private Sector

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025

Question

Damien Egan

LabourBristol North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of staff undertaking additional work in private hospitals on NHS workforce capacity.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has made no assessment of the impact of National Health Service staff undertaking additional work in private hospitals on NHS workforce capacity.