Question follow-through · 49934

NHS: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to eradicate modern slavery from the NHS.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 May 2025
Target answer date
7 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to eradicate modern slavery from the NHS.

  2. 7 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    As part of the recommendations from the review into the risk of modern slavery in National Health Service supply chains from December 2023, it was recommended that regulations be laid with a view to eradicating modern slavery, supporting the amendment of ...

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