Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) viability and (b) effectiveness of applying the proposals for the early careers framework set out in the Independent review of children's social care to NHS staff workforce planning and retention.

The Department is not currently planning to make an assessment of the application of the Early Career Framework set out in the Independent Review of Children's Social Care to National Health Service staff workforce planning and retention. We are working closely with the Department for Education on children’s social care reform, and will be engaging throughout the implementation phase to understand the feedback and reflections received, and to consider the learning gained.