Nearly 10 Percent Drop in University Nursing Applications Despite Numerous Vacancies

Published on February 16, 2024

Applications in England to university nursing programmes have fallen by 9.8 percent in a year, resulting in leading nurses calling for government action as the NHS grapples with more than 42,000 vacancies in the profession. Data provided by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) on Feb. 15 revealed that there were 24,680 nursing applicants to higher education providers in England by the January 2024 deadline. This represents a fall of 9.8 percent from last year, when there were 27,370 applications. Over two years, applications have seen a decline of 26.1 percent compared with when the figure stood at 33,410 in 2022. The number of nursing applications across the whole United Kingdom and from all domiciles saw a similar steep decline, falling by 7.4 percent to 31,100....

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