Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on track to deliver on its proposed target of 50,000 new nurses by 2024; and if he will publish data on the Government's progress towards that target to date.

As of February 2022, the number of nurses was 30,000 higher compared to September 2019. On 7 March 2022, we published ‘50,000 Nurses Programme: delivery update’ which sets out the data used to monitor progress against the commitment. This includes additional analysis on trends of nurses joining and leaving the National Health Service. The update is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/50000-nurses-programme-delivery-update/50000-nurses-programme-delivery-update