Question follow-through · 89420

Community Nurses: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the retention of district nurses.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 11 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 13 Nov 2025
Answer: 19 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the retention of district nurses.
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
Officials from the Department regularly meet with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to discuss and update on the development of the 10-Year Health Plan in England.As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is committed to makin...

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