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Cardiovascular System: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of specialist arterial vascular consultants.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
11 Feb 2026
Answer
13 Feb 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of specialist arterial vascular consultants.

  2. 11 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    We set out in the 10-Year Health Plan for England that over the next three years, we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts, with a focus on specialties where there is greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course.The Government is commi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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