Nurses: Vacancies
(asked on 22nd November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing vacancies there are in the NHS.
This question was answered on 30th November 2021
NHS Digital statistics show there are 39,813 nursing and midwifery vacancies, or 10.5% of the workforce, in National Health Service hospital trusts as of September 2021. Some of these vacancies will be filled by bank and agency staff.