Question follow-through · 116084
Health Professions: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 12 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
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The UK National Recruitment Board, which oversees specialty training recruitment on behalf of the four United Kingdom health departments, has governance processes which determine whether the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA) is used by a speci...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Surgery: Standards
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GP Surgeries: Standards
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General Practitioners: Complaints
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General Practitioners: Unemployment
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Ambulance Services: Hearing Impairment
17 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that ambulance services are able to communicate effectively with Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL).
Dental Services: Veterans
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to veterans in obtaining NHS dental care once they have left the armed forces.