Question follow-through · 1034
Psychiatry and Psychology: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many psychologists and psychiatrists have been (a) recently recruited and (b) are working in the NHS.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 20 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many psychologists and psychiatrists have been (a) recently recruited and (b) are working in the NHS.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2026
Answer published
The number of psychologists and psychiatrists working in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England is published monthly by NHS England as part of their NHS Workforce Statistics Collection. This information includes data on the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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