Question follow-through · 3769
Nurses: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of NHS provider financial controls on the recruitment of newly qualified nurses into Band 5 nursing posts.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of NHS provider financial controls on the recruitment of newly qualified nurses into Band 5 nursing posts.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2026
Answer published
All National Health Service organisations have completed their financial plans for 2026/27, which meet the priorities set out in the Medium Term Planning Framework. These plans have been assured, including whether workforce plans are affordable. The detai...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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