Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 55635

NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies

Tabled: 30 May 2025

Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Tom Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with UNISON in relation to proposals by NHS Trusts in Dorset to create a subsidiary company.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Contract award decisions in the National Health Service fall directly to individual NHS bodies, who are responsible for running their own procurement exercises. Ministers at the Department do not have general powers in legislation to direct trusts in rela...

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