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Dermatology: Recruitment

Asked by Lisa SmartLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 22 July 2025UIN 68080

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the dermatology workforce.

Answered by Karin Smyth

We will publish a 10-Year Workforce Plan to create a National Health Service workforce in England ready to deliver a transformed service.

The 10-Year Workforce Plan will ensure the NHS has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the best care for patients, when they need it, including those requiring dermatology services. From now on, we will ensure that staff will be better treated, have better training, more fulfilling roles, and hope for the future, so they can achieve more.

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