Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84037

NHS: Pay

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Dan Aldridge

LabourWeston-super-Mare

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure parity of pay between staff employed by (a) independent sector providers of NHS services and (b) the NHS.

Answer

Karin Smyth
National Health Service staff pay is set by the Government and usually informed by recommendations made by pay review bodies (PRBs). The PRBs are independent advisory bodies made up of industry experts who carefully consider evidence submitted to them by ...

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