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NHS: Staff

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 101674

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what employment protections and transition arrangements are in place for long-serving NHS clinical staff being moved into civil service contracts through the NHS England restructuring process.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Employment protections and transition arrangements will form part of consultation under a legal transfer mechanism. Detail on this will be provided to recognised trade unions and staff when consultation commences.

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