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Commons · Question 54561 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors will complete training in the next 12 months.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Jun 2025

The Department estimates a range of between 19,000 and 22,500 nurses trained in England joining the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for the first time in the year to March 2026, based on the 23,240 acceptances to English nursing courses in the 2022...