Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76856

Nurses: Recruitment

Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken to recruit into nursing roles on elective care backlogs.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has not made an assessment and has no plans to make an assessment on the impact of regional variations in staff vacancy rates, the time taken to recruit into nursing roles, or the use of agency and bank staff, on elective waiting list lengt...

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