Question follow-through · 82004
NHS: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS leaders on NHS workforce deployment from areas with staff surpluses to those with acute staffing deficits.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS leaders on NHS workforce deployment from areas with staff surpluses to those with acute staffing deficits.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to create a workforce that is ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. The plan will ensure that the National Health Service has the right people in the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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