Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108833
Nurses: Employment
Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026
Question
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate the number of newly-qualified nurses who lose their professional status because they have been unable to secure employment within two years of graduation.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. It sets the standards that registrants must meet to demonstrate that they are capable of practising safely an...
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