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Social Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of career development and progression opportunities for the social care workforce supporting people with disabilities; and if he will take st

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
20 Nov 2024
Answer
25 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of career development and progression opportunities for the social care workforce supporting people with disabilities; and if he will take st

  2. 20 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Department has made no assessment on the potential impact of changes in the number of people working in the social care sector on services for people with disabilities. Although the Department does not collect statistics on the number of people workin...

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Disability: Social Services

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Health Services and Social Services: Staff

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Disability: Health Services and Social Services

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Mental Health Services: Finance

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Mental Health Services: Finance

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Mental Health Services: Finance

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13 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to strengthen the Mental Health Investment Standard.

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Mental Health: Diagnosis

18 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his comments in an interview on the BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme on 16 March 2025, on what evidential basis he said that there is an overdiagnosis of mental health c

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Personal Independence Payment: Social Services

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