Question follow-through · 120302
Radiology: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of current and projected workforce needs in interventional radiology; and what steps his Department is taking to support training and recruitment in this spe
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of current and projected workforce needs in interventional radiology; and what steps his Department is taking to support training and recruitment in this spe
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 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 the greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course.The Government is co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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