Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40615

Nurses: Registration

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that only registered nurses are able to use the title of nurse.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government recognises that the protection in law of certain professional titles is important for public safety. Protecting a title provides assurance to the public that the person using that title is competent and safe to practise.Although ‘registered...
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