Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 9487

Tabled: 12 June 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the increase in the number of Very Senior Managers employed by the NHS between 2021 and 2025, as set out in the Joint DHSC and NHS England evidence for the SSRB: pay round 2026 t