questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff work in his communications department; how many work in the communications department of NHS England; and for what reason external public relations staff have been engaged.
answerText: As of 31 May 2026, the Department had 79 staff working in the Communications Directorate, including four external affairs specialists who help to ensure our stakeholders and partners have visibility of the Department’s work and are able to support where a...
heading: Department of Health and Social Care: Public Relations