Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 88168

NHS: Agency Workers

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS bank shifts are paid at the same rate as contracted overtime.

Answer

Karin Smyth
National Health Service bank contracts are local contracts, the terms of which the employer has discretion over. The expectation is that the terms offered via a bank contract are agreed in partnership between employers and trade unions via local negotiati...

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