Graduands of diploma in nursing programmes and NUS Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies not registering as nurses

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3142

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON OR AFTER 16 OCTOBER 2024

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan,

MP for Pioneer SMC

Question No. 6208

To ask the Minister for Health (a) from 2019 to 2024, what is the annual (i) percentage and (ii) number of graduands of Diploma in Nursing programmes who do not register to be nurses after completing their courses, factoring in those who enlist for National Service or enrol in the NUS Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies; and (b) whether the Ministry has data of the same from graduands of NUS Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies.

Answer

1     The Singapore Nursing Board does not capture the data of graduands who graduated from our Institutes of Higher Learning but do not register to be nurses. Based on the 2022 Graduate Employment Survey conducted by the schools, approximately 90% of the Diploma and Degree nursing graduates who were in full-time permanent employment within six months of graduation, practised nursing.