Question follow-through · 43840

Social Workers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the retention of social workers in the NHS.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 3 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 7 Apr 2025
Answer: 24 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the retention of social workers in the NHS.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to making the National Health Service the best place to work, to ensure the retention of our hardworking and dedicated staff, including social workers.NHS England is leading the National Retention Programme to drive a consisten...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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