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NHS: Contracts

Asked by Carla DenyerGreen PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 May 2025UIN 50992

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 46236 on NHS: Contracts, what assessment he has made of the number of staff working in the NHS for non-NHS providers (a) nationally and (b) in the B

Answered by Karin Smyth

Neither the Department nor NHS England hold data on the number of staff working in the National Health Service for non-NHS providers.

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