Question follow-through · 76860
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is monitoring the number of administrative staff working in NHS back office functions; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in those staff on
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is monitoring the number of administrative staff working in NHS back office functions; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in those staff on
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Department monitors monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England which are published by NHS England. These cover staff employed by hospital trusts and integrated care boards. The published statistics include data for...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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