Written questions

Doctors: Armed Forces

Commons · Question 40994 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Derek Twigg

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on increasing the number of medical reservists joining the Armed Forces.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 28 Mar 2025

People working in the National Health Service have many transferable skills that can be of great benefit to the Armed Forces reserve, whether they be clinicians, such as doctors and nurses, or staff working in leadership or management roles. There have be...