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Psychiatry

Commons · Question 73450 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of full-time psychiatrists in the NHS (a) nationally and (b) in Chichester constituency.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 15 Sep 2025

Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...