Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76858
NHS: Agency Workers
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the use of (a) agency and (b) locum staff on reducing waiting lists.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department has not made an assessment and has no plans to make an assessment on the impact of regional variations in staff vacancy rates, the time taken to recruit into nursing roles, or the use of agency and bank staff, on elective waiting list lengt...
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