PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Hospitals: Staff (19 January 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to hospitals with high levels of staff absence as result of covid-19 infection.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
We are monitoring staff absence due to COVID-19 and we have multiple workforce supply initiatives. The Nursing and Midwifery Council has invited overseas nurses who are in the process of seeking full registration to join its emergency register, allowing 2,000 nurses to practice. Twelve thousand former healthcare professionals are still in touch with NHS England and have been contacted to support the National Health Service. Financial support has been provided to trusts to support rapid, large-scale recruitment, covering healthcare support workers, medical support workers and international recruits.
Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
28 January 2021
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