Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 54561

Health Professions

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 13 June 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors will complete training in the next 12 months.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department estimates a range of between 19,000 and 22,500 nurses trained in England joining the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for the first time in the year to March 2026, based on the 23,240 acceptances to English nursing courses in the 2022...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 54561) →