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Medicine: Research

Asked by Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 15 June 2026UIN 6494

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there will be measures to increase the recruitment and retention of clinicians to support medical research in the ten year workforce plan.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The 10-Year Health Plan committed to embedding research into everyday National Health Service care and increasing the skills and time for research within the workforce. The 10 Year Workforce Plan will put the NHS workforce on a sustainable footing so it can deliver the service model set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. We will not pre-empt the publication of the plan. Details will be set out when it is published.

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