Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 54560

Health Professions: Retirement

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors are expected to (i) leave and (ii) retire in the next year.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not hold estimates of the number of nurses and doctors expected to leave the National Health Service or retire in the next year.The Government is committed to making the NHS the best place to work, to ensure we retain more of our skill...

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