Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101176

Nurses: Recruitment

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Terry Jermy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of nurses graduating from nursing degree courses in the UK find employment within the NHS during the first year after qualifying.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold the data requested. Nurses upon graduation may take up registered nursing roles in a range of organisations such as local authorities, social care providers, charities, or private sector providers as well as in the National He...

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