Health Services and Higher Education

(asked on 28th April 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will establish a cross-Departmental ministerial taskforce with the Department for Health and Social Care to support workforce planning between the higher education sector and health service.


Answered by
Janet Daby Portrait
Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 28th May 2025

The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure cross-departmental collaboration on workforce planning in higher education and the healthcare service.

The government is preparing the 10 Year Health Plan which will set out a bold agenda to reform and repair the NHS. Ensuring we have the right people, in the right places and with the right skills, will be central to this vision.

The department continues to work closely with the Department of Health and Social Care on the 10 Year Health Plan.

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