Question follow-through · 107203
Psychiatry: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the amount of hours of training that newly qualified counsellors and psychotherapists have to complete before being eligible to work in the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
20 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the amount of hours of training that newly qualified counsellors and psychotherapists have to complete before being eligible to work in the NHS.
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
It is the responsibility of individual employers to set any specific requirements for their roles and to ensure staff meet patient safety, clinical quality, and professional competence.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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