Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 53127

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

ConservativeSleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each (a) month, (b) quarter and (c) year since January 2023.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The National NHS and Care Volunteer Responders programme was first established as part of the COVID-19 response and then adapted to respond to other organisational pressures. However, a model that worked well in a national crisis is no longer the most cos...

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