Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 45936

Nurses: Recruitment

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) recruitment of nurses and (b) availability of jobs for newly qualified nurses.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Decisions about the employment of newly qualified nurses are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to d...

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