To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations her Department has received on specialist nurse recruitment and retention in the NHS; and if she will make a statement.
Ministers and officials regularly receive correspondence about specialist nurses. There have also been two parliamentary questions.
It is for local managers to determine skill mix within the nursing work force including specialist nurses. The Government have supported the development of a range of specialist roles within nursing, and it is for local trusts to decide how to use those skills appropriately.
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