Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Medical Support Worker scheme beyond March 2022.
The Department is discussing the future of the Medical Support Worker Scheme beyond March 2022 with NHS England and NHS Improvement. We have made available £15 million to National Health Service trusts to provide additional clinical support for the short-term recruitment of Medical Support Workers.