PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Professions: Temporary Employment (6 November 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased use of temporary doctors and nurses on the (a) quality of the healthcare provision and (b) cost of that provision.

Asked by:
Imran Hussain (Labour)

No formal assessment has been made by the Department on the specific effect of increases in the use of temporary doctors and nurses on the quality of healthcare provision. The Care Quality Commission is responsible for the quality of healthcare services provided overall.

No formal assessment has been made by the Department on the net effect of increases in the use of temporary doctors and nurses on the costs of providing services.

Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
11 November 2015