NHS: Voluntary Work
(asked on 17th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the success of the NHS volunteer scheme during the covid-19 outbreak.
This question was answered on 24th June 2021
As of 14 June, NHS Volunteer Responders have completed over 1.9 million tasks, supporting over 171,000 unique clients. The Royal Voluntary Service conducted a patient survey on the NHS Volunteer Responders programme in May 2021, which found that 84% of patients or clients surveyed felt the service enabled them to stay safe.