Get the biggest politics stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailBoris Johnson's promise of 50,000 new nurses for the NHS includes 18,500 existing NHS nurses. The party also announced the return of maintenance grants, worth £5,000 to £8,000 a year for student nurses. Tory officials said the 50,000 figure would be made up of 14,000 new undergraduate student nurses and 5,000 degree apprenticeships. (Image: Getty Images)But it means at least 40% of the promised 50,000 nurses are already NHS nurses. The RCN said the promise of maintenance grants for student nurses did not amount to a return of the student nurses' bursary.

Source: Daily Mirror November 24, 2019 16:39 UTC