A question on #NHS #HigherEducation tabled by Mr Toby Perkins on 23-06-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: NHS: Higher Education
Question ID: 1815330
UIN: 61749
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-23
Asking Member ID: 3952
Asking Member display name: Mr Toby Perkins
Asking Member handle: tobyperkinsmp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @tobyperkinsmp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the reduction in the number of nursing lecturer positions in higher education institutions on the Government's ability to fulfil the NHS Lon
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Date answered: 2025-07-01
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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: No assessment has been made. Universities are autonomous bodies, independent from the Government, and are responsible for their own staffing and recruitment decisions.We are committed to training the staff we need to get patients seen on time and will con...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true