FOI/2025/26/152

Request

Please can you supply information on registered nursing recruitment at your trust over the last two financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25, and the months since the start of the 2025-26 financial year, answering the following questions:

 

1.      Are there currently, or have there been any recruitment freezes in place affecting solely, or including, the registered nurse workforce [i.e band 5 and up] in the last two financial years, and/or up to present day? NO RECRUITMENT FREEZES

I.            If yes, have any of these recruitment freezes specifically targeted at entry level band 5 nurses [i.e: registered nurses on the starting pay point of band 5]?

N/A

 

 II.            If yes, please provide the timeframes and reason for the freezes.

N/A

 

2.      How many band 5 registered nurse vacancies do you currently have at your trust?

16

 

3.      How many entry-level band 5 domestically trained/recruited nurses have you recruited at your trust during the last two years? 61

 

[Please also detail separately any internationally recruited nurses you have taken on at entry level band 5 in the same time period]

International Nurses recruited.

23/24 - 173

24/25 - 86