Question follow-through · 39422

Migraines: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of migraine-related absenteeism on the economy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 19 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 24 Mar 2025
Answer: 28 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of migraine-related absenteeism on the economy.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
In relation to the Get Britain Working White Paper, the Government has engaged with both internal and external stakeholders through existing fora and Government engagement structures. We will be carrying out further, in-depth engagement, and look forward ...

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