Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100045

Midwives and Nurses: Recruitment

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many domestically trained applicants were (a) accepted and (b) rejected for (i) nursing and (ii) midwife positions with NHS providers in each year since 2020.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not hold data on the number of applicants, whether domestically trained or overseas trained, that were accepted or rejected for nursing and midwife positions with National Health Service providers. NHS trusts will undertake local proce...

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