Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to promote healthcare courses to school leavers.

The Department working closely with Health Education England, NHS England, NHS Improvement and Skills for Care is planning marketing campaigns to increase recruitment and improve retention across the health and care system.

The campaigns will drive recruitment and improve retention by reminding potential recruits including those considering a future career in the National Health Service of the values and opportunities presented by a career in public service.

Health Education England also run a health careers website promoting the NHS as a career and can be accessed at the following link:

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/CAREER-PLANNING