Health Services: Universities

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to help ensure that NHS England and her Department are consulted where proposed redundancies at a university may impact clinical academics or other university-employed staff contributing to NHS services, NHS-funded research or NHS England innovation programmes; and if she will review the process in the context of the Future Nottingham restructuring programme.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 26th October 2026

I have nothing to add at this time to the answer provided to the Hon. Member on 22 October in response to Question 35607.

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