Nurses: Vacancies
(asked on 15th May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address shortages in the nursing sector, with particular regard to specialist roles.
This question was answered on 19th May 2023
We are on track to meet the commitment to 50,000 extra nurses in the National Health Service in England by 2024, with almost 43,000 more nurses in February 2023 compared with September 2019. This includes nurses working in specialist nursing roles. Additionally, there are over 5,300 more doctors and over 12,300 more nurses working across the NHS compared to a year ago.