Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59223

NHS: Voluntary Work

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Katie White

LabourLeeds 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 Smyth
The 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...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 59223) →

NHS: Voluntary Work — Written Question | TrustPolitics