Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101674
NHS: Staff
Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Siân Berry
Green Party — Brighton Pavilion
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what employment protections and transition arrangements are in place for long-serving NHS clinical staff being moved into civil service contracts through the NHS England restructuring process.
Answer
Karin SmythEmployment protections and transition arrangements will form part of consultation under a legal transfer mechanism. Detail on this will be provided to recognised trade unions and staff when consultation commences.