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<p>The Government has put in place a range of measures to increase nursing workforce
supply, including expanding numbers of nurse training places, introduced Nurse Degree
and Nursing Associate apprentices. National programmes led by NHS Improvement and
Health Education England focused on improving staff retention, return to practice,
overseas recruitment and improving sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>A targeted initiative
for students, who commence loan funded postgraduate pre-registration nursing courses
in the 2018/19 academic year, will see them eligible for a golden hello payment once
they have graduated if they go on to work in learning disability, mental health or
district nursing. Payments will be made to these graduates once they take up employment
in the health and care sector in England.</p><p> </p><p>Working with the National
Health Service and the university sector, the Government is finalising the most effective
way to administer and introduce the scheme and will set out details in due course.</p>
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