Question follow-through · 67705

Nurses: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the recruitment and retention of school nurses; how much funding was allocated for school nursing services in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial yea

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
22 Jul 2025
Answer
25 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the recruitment and retention of school nurses; how much funding was allocated for school nursing services in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial yea

  2. 22 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The child health workforce, including school nurses, is central to how we support families to give their children the best start in life. We will ensure we have the staff we need so that children and their families are cared for by the right professional,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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