Question follow-through · 35558

Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking tackle the shortfall in the children's health and therapy workforce across integrated care systems.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
6 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking tackle the shortfall in the children's health and therapy workforce across integrated care systems.

  2. 6 Mar 2025

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  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan, which will be published in summer 2025, will deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, to treat patients on time again. We will ensure we have the staff we need so that children and ...

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