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Nurses: Career Development

Asked by Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 75880

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve career progression pathways for NHS nursing staff.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Government has accepted 36 non-pay recommendations from workstreams committed to in the 2023 Agenda for Change (AfC) pay deal. Some of these recommendations include specific measures to improve career progression for nurses, such as reviewing Annex 20 of the AfC contract to ensure nurses are not inadvertently excluded from the development of professional roles and developing guidance to help employers support the career progression of ethnic minority and internationally educated nurses. Implementation of these measures will take place over the next two years.

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