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NHS England: Redundancy

Asked by Dr Luke EvansConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 87412

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department has received from Integrated Care Boards on (a) the abolition of NHS England and (b) subsequent planned redundancies.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department has not received any formal representations from the integrated care boards regarding the abolition of NHS England or any subsequent planned redundancies. This includes anything in relation to NHS England’s announced voluntary redundancy scheme, which will be open to applications from Monday 1 December until 11:59pm on Sunday 14 December.

Communications between the Department and the integrated care boards regarding workforce planning are managed within existing operational processes.

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