A question on #SpeechAndLanguageTherapy #LabourTurnoverAndRecruitment tabled by Dr Luke Evans on 24-03-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Speech and Language Therapy: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
Question ID: 1787640
UIN: 40612
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-24
Asking Member ID: 4781
Asking Member display name: Dr Luke Evans
Asking Member handle: drlukeevans
Asking Member Twitter reference: @drlukeevans
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of speech and language therapists.
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Date answered: 2025-03-31
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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: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service employers. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective ...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true