Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 57715

NHS: Voluntary Work

Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on the discontinuation of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The NHS and Care Volunteer Responders (NHSCVR) programme was first established as part of the COVID-19 response and then adapted to respond to other organisational pressures. Most patients were referred into the programme by a health professional for shor...
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