Written questions

Health Professions: Recruitment

Commons · Question 22530 · Tabled 7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Allison Gardner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase recruitment of (a) healthcare and (b) dentistry professionals in rural areas.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 14 Jan 2025

We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service. A central part of the plan will be our workforce and how we ensure we train and provide the staff, technology, and infrastructure the NHS needs to care for patients across our c...