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Question follow-through · 19779

Health Professions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 403 on Health Professions: Regulation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expediting the removal of the five-year rule i

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
18 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 403 on Health Professions: Regulation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expediting the removal of the five-year rule i

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government has been considering its priorities for professional regulation and will be setting these out shortly.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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