Question follow-through · 126043
Mental Health Services: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what conversations he has had with Business and Trade colleagues regarding improving employment conditions for those in the mental health sector.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what conversations he has had with Business and Trade colleagues regarding improving employment conditions for those in the mental health sector.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Apr 2026
Answer published
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, meets regularly with colleagues in the Department of Business and Trade to discuss a range of topics.We are committed to making the National Health Service the best place to work by sup...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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