Question follow-through · 115688

Paramedical Staff: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure newly qualified paramedics can access appropriate NHS job opportunities.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
26 Feb 2026
Answer
3 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure newly qualified paramedics can access appropriate NHS job opportunities.

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Decisions on the employment of newly qualified paramedics are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliv...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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