Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59223
NHS: Voluntary Work
Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025
Question
Katie White
Labour — Leeds North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reinstate the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders scheme within the new infrastructure of the National Health Service.
Answer
Karin SmythThe NHS Volunteer Responders programme was first established as part of the COVID-19 response and then adapted to respond to other organisational pressures. However, a model that worked well in a national crisis is no longer the most cost-effective way of...
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