Newly qualified nurses deserve to be employed! — 11 signatures. Status: rejected.
What hapenned to the government graduate scheme? Trusts are not hiring newly qualifieds and when the advertise that they will, everyone gets put on a reserve list in case a role becomes available in the next 6 months but at the same time advise us to look elsewhere.
We have worked three long hard years to obtain the nursing degree. There is apparantly a shortage of nurses yet there are no band 5 roles for newly qualifieds. Yet the same trusts still rely on agency and bank staff. Something we cannot do without 6 months experience. The government lie and boast about a graduate guarantee scheme - if trusts are not hiring how can they guatentee a role? 200 plus newly qualifieds will now be signing on to receive benefits in August 2026. Its backwards.
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