Question follow-through · 73734

Mental Health Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ Oral Statement of 30 June 2025 on Welfare Reform, if he will provide a breakdown by (a) location and (b) roles of the additional 6,70

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
3 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ Oral Statement of 30 June 2025 on Welfare Reform, if he will provide a breakdown by (a) location and (b) roles of the additional 6,70

  2. 3 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England publishes monthly data on the National Health Service’s Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England. This includes data on the NHS mental health workforce employed by NHS provider trusts and integrated care boards. The in...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has provided guidance for health and care staff on non-intimate partner coercive and controlling behaviour of older victims.

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12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) implemented a domestic abuse policy for staff and (b) trained line managers to effectively respond to staff who are experiencing domestic abuse.

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Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence

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