Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9019, what plans he has to meet with the Allied Health Professionals Federation on allied health professionals in leadership roles in the NHS.

The role that allied health professionals and other clinicians play in National Health Service leadership is of utmost importance and we engage with a range of professions to understand how best to support clinical leaders. My hon. Friend, the former Minister of State (Mr Phillip Dunne MP), met the Allied Health Professionals Federation on 29 November 2017.