NHS 111: Pay

(asked on 20th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that NHS 111 call handlers who are employed by private contractors receive a comparable rate of pay to NHS 111 call handlers who are directly employed by the NHS.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 28th October 2021

Private providers determine the rates of pay for their staff according to their employment contracts and local conditions. However, some contractors may choose to mirror arrangements used in the National Health Service, including annual pay awards.

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