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Nurses: Vacancies

Asked by Helen MorganLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 February 2025UIN 29011

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing shifts went unfilled at acute NHS trusts in each month since January 2020.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold the information requested. The Government is committed to ensuring that the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the care patients need when they need it.

In summer 2025, we will publish a refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and treat patients on time again.

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