NHS: Staff

(asked on 23rd April 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 29th April 2026

The NHS Staff Standards will be mandatory. Trust performance against them will be measured via the NHS National Oversight Framework.

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