Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 29010

NHS: Agency Workers

Tabled: 5 February 2025

Answered: 14 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the prevalence in the use of off-framework agency staff by NHS providers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of using these staff on NHS financ

Answer

Karin Smyth

The National Health Service is now operating at the lowest levels of off-framework on record, since a peak in month four of 2022/23, with the highest compliance on capped rates since the introduction of the Agency Rules in 2016.The Government is committed...

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