SLOWDOWN ON HIRING OF NEW NURSING DEGREE GRADUATES AND/OR EARLY-CAREER NURSES AT RESTRUCTURED HOSPITALS

NOTICE PAPER NO. 189

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 4 NOVEMBER 2025

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

MP for Pioneer

Question No. 499

 To ask the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health whether our restructured hospitals have been slowing down or reducing the hiring and placement of new nursing degree holders/diploma holders as well as early-career nurses since the start of 2025.

Answer

1            As the public healthcare system expands, there continues to be strong hiring interest across our public healthcare clusters for local nurses.  The number of local nurses hired by the public healthcare clusters to date in 2025 is comparable to previous years.

2            Clusters have provided feedback that some applicants had a preference for certain work locations or shift patterns, which did not meet the needs of the hiring institutions.  We encourage nursing graduates to be open to try a wider variety of work conditions to gain a richer work experience.