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Nurses: Vacancies

Commons · Question 64606 · Tabled 2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of job opportunities for newly qualified nurses.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Jul 2025

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