PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nurses: Recruitment (7 June 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to a Royal College of Nurses survey that found a quarter of nursing shifts have the planned number of registered nurses on duty, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the numbers of nurses on shift.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

We are on schedule to deliver an additional 50,000 nurses and ensure the National Health Service has access to a sustainable long-term supply in future. In March 2022, the number of nurses had increased by 30,000 compared to September 2019.

Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
16 June 2022