Question follow-through · 45142
Clinical Psychologists: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the shortfall in clinical psychologists; and whether he plans to provide additional funding for clinical psychology training places in the next fi
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the shortfall in clinical psychologists; and whether he plans to provide additional funding for clinical psychology training places in the next fi
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2025
Answer published
Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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