A question tabled by Derek Twigg on 25-03-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

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Question ID: 1788204
UIN: 40994
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-25
Asking Member ID: 429
Asking Member display name: Derek Twigg
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Derek Twigg
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on increasing the number of medical reservists joining the Armed Forces.
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Date answered: 2025-03-28
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: People working in the National Health Service have many transferable skills that can be of great benefit to the Armed Forces reserve, whether they be clinicians, such as doctors and nurses, or staff working in leadership or management roles. There have be...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true