Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78093

NHS: Agency Workers

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 24 November 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total staff remuneration through bank staff arrangements paid otherwise than through NHS Professionals Bank staff contracts in the last 12 months.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Bank staffing allows the National Health Service to meet workforce demand fluctuations without the need to increase capacity above that which is required on a sustained basis. NHS England publishes the total bank and agency spend for providers on a quarte...

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