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NHS: Recruitment

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 15 September 2025UIN 75373

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 54408 on Recruitment: Equality, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Rooney rule being adopted by NHS bodies.

Answered by Karin Smyth

No such assessment has been made. We expect National Health Service organisations to implement policies and procedures relating to recruitment that are in line with employment law and good human resources practice, including the Equality Act 2010 and other relevant legislation.

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