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Question follow-through · 2899

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to encourage more people to train as nurses.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to encourage more people to train as nurses.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The National Health Service has faced chronic workforce shortages for years, but the Government will build a health service fit for the future. We will make sure the NHS has the staff it needs to be there for all of us when we need it.Training the necessa...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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