A question on #NHS #VoluntaryWork tabled by Dr Luke Evans on 05-06-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: NHS: Voluntary Work
Question ID: 1809858
UIN: 57718
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-05
Asking Member ID: 4781
Asking Member display name: Dr Luke Evans
Asking Member handle: drlukeevans
Asking Member Twitter reference: @drlukeevans
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the discontinuation of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders on other parts of the NHS.
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Date answered: 2025-06-16
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Is holding answer: false
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: The NHS and Care Volunteer Responders (NHSCVR) programme was first established as part of the COVID-19 response and then adapted to respond to other organisational pressures. Most patients were referred into the programme by a health professional for shor...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true