Written questions

Community Health Services: Dietetics

Commons · Question 127387 · Tabled 14 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dietitians required to adequately support obesity, diabetes and malnutrition services in community healthcare settings in England.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 22 Apr 2026

The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure that the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it. We are working through how the 10 Year Workforce Plan will articulate the chan...