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Allied Health Professions and Nurses: Migrant Workers

Asked by James NaishLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 15 May 2025UIN 50949

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of including (a) nurses and (b) other allied health professionals on short occupation visa list.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Government published the White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the immigration System’ on 12 May 2025. The White Paper set out its intention to introduce a Temporary Shortage List to replace the Immigration Salary List.

The list will initially be comprised of occupations which the MAC have previously identified as in shortage and those which are key to the Industrial Strategy. The Government will set out in due course the longer term composition of that list.

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