Question follow-through · 40994

Doctors: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on increasing the number of medical reservists joining the Armed Forces.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 25 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 28 Mar 2025
Answer: 28 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on increasing the number of medical reservists joining the Armed Forces.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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28 Mar 2025
Answer published
People working in the National Health Service have many transferable skills that can be of great benefit to the Armed Forces reserve, whether they be clinicians, such as doctors and nurses, or staff working in leadership or management roles. There have be...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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