Support newly qualified nurses: Review barriers to NHS jobs
Newly qualified nurses report struggling to get NHS jobs due to internal-only adverts and experience requirements. The NHS is short-staffed, but we feel new nurses are blocked from helping. We want a review on access to Band 5 roles and improvements to support into practice.
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- 18 DEC 2025Petition closedFinal total: 90,102 signatures
- 21 JUL 2025Government respondedDepartment of Health and Social CareGovernment reply
While recruitment decisions are a matter for individual employers, NHS England is working with employers, universities and nursing leads to support graduates to find roles as soon as possible.
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