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Podiatry: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of podiatrists; and if he will (a) reinstate full student bursaries and (b) introduce incentives to encourage recruitment and retention in
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of podiatrists; and if he will (a) reinstate full student bursaries and (b) introduce incentives to encourage recruitment and retention in
4 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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9 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Department has no plans to reinstate the bursary for podiatry students, however the Government keeps funding arrangements for all healthcare students under close review.Supplementary financial support is available to podiatry students through the NHS ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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