Question reference: S6W-12219
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 15 November 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 November 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the current nurse retention rate is, given as a percentage, for nurses who completed a funded degree programme in nursing and midwifery in 2022.
Answer
Official completion data for the 2022 nursing and midwifery graduate cohort is not available. As a result, the Scottish Government is unable to provide a retention rate for newly qualified nurses and midwives in 2022.