{"value":{"id":1865005,"askingMemberId":5062,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-12-16T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-12-18T00:00:00","uin":"100745","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what criteria are the career experiences of British nationals and foreign nationals compared when NHS providers are considering (a) nursing and (b) midwife applications.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4444,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Decisions on recruitment are the responsibility of individual National Health Service employers, who are required to assure themselves of a person’s suitability for the role.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Midwives and Nurses: Career Development","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1865005","method":"GET"}]}