Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of protection for NHS staff exposed to radiation as part of their duties.

There is a robust regulatory framework for protecting NHS staff from workplace exposure to ionising radiation, which is enforced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 place detailed duties on employers to control exposure to ionising radiation, within a general duty on all employers to assess and control risks to their workers under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.