Nursing and Midwifery Council

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) UNISON’s 2026 NMC member survey on staff satisfaction and (b) its findings relating to (i) senior leadership, (ii) organisational culture and (iii) HR practices.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 7th September 2026

We continue to engage closely with UNISON, and other trade unions representing the healthcare workforce to improve the working lives of all National Health Service staff, and we look forward to discussing the results of their latest survey.

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