Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of greater integration between (a) medical, (b) Allied Health Professions and (c) nursing training.

No assessment has been made. However, Health Education England is developing credentials to integrate learning across medical, nursing, allied health professionals and other professions. Multi-professional credentials are an important component of developing a responsive, flexible workforce to meet changing population, patient and service delivery needs.