Question follow-through · 129458

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to enforce new minimum NHS staff standards, and measure them at ward level.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 23 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 27 Apr 2026
Answer: 29 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

23 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to enforce new minimum NHS staff standards, and measure them at ward level.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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29 Apr 2026
Answer published
The NHS Staff Standards will be mandatory. Trust performance against them will be measured via the NHS National Oversight Framework.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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