Psychology: Recruitment

(asked on 10th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the recruitment of psychologists qualified to treat young people with mental health difficulties.


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Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 17th May 2018

Stepping Forward to 2020/21 – Health Education England’s Workforce Plan, published in July 2017 set out plans to create 21,000 posts in the mental health workforce. The plan envisages 4,000 new Allied Health, Professional and Scientific, Therapeutic and Technical Staff (including clinical psychologists) joining the mental health workforce over the same period.

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