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Learning Disability: Nurses

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 24224, tabled on 30 April 2024

Question

Caroline Nokes
Conservative
Romsey and Southampton North
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many learning disability nurse vacancies there are as of 30 April 2024.

Answer

Andrew Stephenson
Conservative
Pendle
Commons

Answered on

7 May 2024

The Department does not hold vacancy rates that are granular enough to identify rates for learning disability nurses. However, NHS England publishes quarterly vacancy statistics for registered nurses working in National Health Service trusts, which are available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey

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