Question follow-through · 91646

Health Professions: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (i) nurses (ii) doctors (iii) midwives entering the NHS were (a) non-UK citizens (b) non-UK graduates in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
5 Dec 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (i) nurses (ii) doctors (iii) midwives entering the NHS were (a) non-UK citizens (b) non-UK graduates in each of the last five years.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not hold data on the number and proportion non-United Kingdom citizens entering the National Health Service. NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England which includes da...

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