NHS: Staff

(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the NHS is sufficiently staffed over summer holiday periods.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 9th September 2025

Individual NHS Trusts and other providers are responsible for ensuring that there are sufficient staff to provide safe care.

Trusts already have a duty to regularly review the number of staff and range of skills needed to safely meet the needs of people using their services.

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