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Maternity Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking through (a) recruitment and (b) retention practices to increase the diversity of the maternity healthcare professional workforce.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Apr 2025
Target answer date
8 Apr 2025
Answer
9 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking through (a) recruitment and (b) retention practices to increase the diversity of the maternity healthcare professional workforce.

  2. 8 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service employers. NHS England’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion plan, published in 2023, includes a commitment to embed fair and inclusive recruitment processes and talent managemen...

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