Question follow-through · 51482

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the revised Long-Term Workforce Plan will be published.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
15 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the revised Long-Term Workforce Plan will be published.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has committed to publishing a refreshed workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and treat patients on time again. No set date has been agreed for publication, as the wider work of the 10-...

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