Question follow-through · 108831

Nurses: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to align the number of nursing graduates with the availability of entry-level jobs.

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 27 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 29 Jan 2026
Answer: 3 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to align the number of nursing graduates with the availability of entry-level jobs.
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
On 11 August 2025, the Government announced the Graduate Guarantee for nurses and midwives. The guarantee will ensure that there are enough positions for every newly qualified nurse in England. The package of measures will unlock thousands of jobs and wil...

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