Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS trusts in England on costs of the practice of sourcing nurses from Northern Ireland to cover weekend shifts.

Ben Gummer

No discussions have taken place between my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and National Health Service trusts on the costs of sourcing nurses from Northern Ireland to cover weekend shifts.

NHS organisations are best placed to decide how many staff they employ and how best to recruit those staff to meet services tailored to the needs of their patients and local communities, to deliver safe care.