Question follow-through · 112794
Neurology: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the absence of a regular, comprehensive national workforce census on neurology workforce planning; and if he will commit to establishing such
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the absence of a regular, comprehensive national workforce census on neurology workforce planning; and if he will commit to establishing such
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Feb 2026
Answer published
No such assessment has been made. NHS England already publishes well-established official statistics on the medical neurology workforce, therefore there are no plans to introduce a census. The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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