Question follow-through · 80526
Social Services: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Home Office's document entitled Statement of changes in immigration rules, published on 1 July 2025, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that vacancies in socia
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- NHS: Harassment · 13 Oct 2025
- Multiple Births · 13 Oct 2025
- General Practitioners: Mental Health Services · 15 Oct 2025
- Mental Health Services · 22 Oct 2025
- General Practitioners: Fees and Charges · 10 Nov 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Home Office's document entitled Statement of changes in immigration rules, published on 1 July 2025, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that vacancies in socia
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Although overseas recruitment for adult social care ended as of 22 July 2025, for a transition period until 2028, in-country switching for those already in the country and working legally for their employers will be permitted. This means, for example, tha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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NHS: Harassment
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect NHS (a) staff and (b) volunteers from (i) verbal abuse, (ii) threats, (iii) unauthorised sharing of personal information and (iv) other forms of abuse; whether he
Multiple Births
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) assess the needs of and (b) provide appropriate support for parents of twins.
General Practitioners: Mental Health Services
15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what legislative steps his Department is taking to ensure that GP practices assess shared care requests on a case-by-case basis; and whether he plans to introduce legislation to improve consistency
Mental Health Services
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for people seeking psychological therapy to support employment.
General Practitioners: Fees and Charges
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of GP fees for (a) letters requested to support applications relating to (i) mental health, (ii) housing, (iii) education and (iv) welfare
Dental Services: Armed Forces Covenant
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with (a) NHS England and (b) integrated care boards to ensure that NHS dental provision is effectively delivered under the Armed Forces Covenant Duty; and whethe
Mental Health Services
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times to those seeking psychological therapy to support their employment efforts.
Nurses: Training
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 80524 on Nurses: Training, whether training courses in learning disability nursing will be available in North East Hampshire constituency.
Ambulance Services: North East Hampshire
24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce ambulance response times in North East Hampshire constituency.
Ambulance Services: Standards
24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce ambulance wait times for Category 2 calls to the national target of 18 minutes.
Diseases: Health Services
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessments his Department has made of how to best support patients suffering with overlapping illnesses.
Diseases: Diagnosis
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to help improve the diagnosis of overlapping illnesses such as PoTs and EDS.