Question follow-through · 9775

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of nurses.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 17 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 22 Oct 2024
Answer: 22 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of nurses.
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2024
Answer published
Working with universities we are committed to training the staff we need to get patients seen on time, including more nurses, and will work closely with National Health Service trusts and their local education providers to do so and ensure nursing remains...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Electronic Cigarettes: Manufacturing Industries

6 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Department has had discussions with representatives of the vaping industry since the general election.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

ADHD: Drugs

9 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of ADHD medication in the North East.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health: North East

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to prepare a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities in the North East.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health: City of Durham

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in City of Durham constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: Death Certificates

4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Department has had discussions with County Durham and Darlington Foundation NHS Trust on delays to death certification.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Death Certificates

4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken was to certify a death in (a) hospital and (b) the community in the period since changes were made to the death certification process in September 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Funerals

4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024 in the context of reports of delays to funeral services.

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Leukaemia: North East

6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with leukaemia in (a) City of Durham constituency and (b) the North East.

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Hospices: City of Durham

11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support hospices in City of Durham constituency.

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Mental Health Services: City of Durham

11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services in City of Durham constituency.

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Dental Services: City of Durham

11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services in City of Durham constituency.