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Nurses: Recruitment

Commons · Question 72240 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of newly qualified nurses in England are offered employment within the NHS within six months of graduation.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Sep 2025

The Department for Health and Social Care 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 w...