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Trade Unions: Equality

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 19 September 2025UIN 75034

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether trade union diversity networks in (a) his department and (b) NHS England are eligible for trade union facility time; and whether people can claim both diversity network time and facility ti

Answered by Karin Smyth

Neither the Department nor NHS England have specific trade union diversity networks.

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