A question on #NHS #Equality tabled by Steve Barclay on 02-06-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: NHS: Equality
Question ID: 1807953
UIN: 56196
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-02
Asking Member ID: 4095
Asking Member display name: Steve Barclay
Asking Member handle: SteveBarclayMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @SteveBarclayMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue further guidance to the NHS organisations on ending the recruitment of dedicated equality, diversity and inclusion staff.
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Date answered: 2025-06-12
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: National Health Service organisations should be working to address inequalities, in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for all patients, as well as tackling the abuse and discrimination that some NHS staff face in the workplace. Local NHS leaders ...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true