Question follow-through · 47385

NHS Professionals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual profits of NHS Professionals Ltd were in each of the last five years; and whether those profits were (a) reinvested into NHS service provision and (b) returned to his Department.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
25 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual profits of NHS Professionals Ltd were in each of the last five years; and whether those profits were (a) reinvested into NHS service provision and (b) returned to his Department.

  2. 25 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    NHS Professionals Ltd (NHSP), a limited company wholly owned by the Department, is a supplier of clinical and non-clinical temporary workforce to client National Health Service trusts.The following table shows NHSP profit before tax and dividends paid to ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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