Health Professions: Career Breaks

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact on taking a career break on healthcare professionals who are unable to re-enter NHS employment; and what support is available to maintain their clinical registrations during periods of involuntary unemployment.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 11th September 2026

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer she was provided on 8 September in response to Question 22549.

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