Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number cardiac physiologists.
Health Education England, through the National School for Healthcare Science, has increased the number of trainees by 12.5% from 36 for 2017/18 to 45 for 2018/19.
Cardiac science will remain a priority area for the National School for Healthcare Science and future training post numbers will form part of Health Education England’s workforce planning process for 2019 onwards.