Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77672

NHS: Staff

Tabled: 16 September 2025

Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating temporary cross-trust staffing pools for specialties with high waiting times.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department has not made an assessment of the potential impact of staffing shortages in non-clinical roles, workforce burnout, reductions in the number of interim board positions, or regional retention offers on waiting lists, or of creating temporary ...

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