Question follow-through · 88168

NHS: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS bank shifts are paid at the same rate as contracted overtime.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
11 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS bank shifts are paid at the same rate as contracted overtime.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    National Health Service bank contracts are local contracts, the terms of which the employer has discretion over. The expectation is that the terms offered via a bank contract are agreed in partnership between employers and trade unions via local negotiati...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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