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Social Work: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to establish a Royal College of care workers.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 30 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 2 Jul 2025
Answer: 8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to establish a Royal College of care workers.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to a well-supported adult social care workforce who are recognised as the professionals they are. Enhancing the skills of staff working in adult social care is vital to ensure that the care provided is of good quality, fair, pe...

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