
Preceptorship Insights
ÃÛÌÒav has published its third national Preceptorship Pulse Check survey findings, delivering a timely insight into the experiences of nurses and midwives at a key point in their careers: the transition from education to professional practice.
Building on earlier surveys conducted in partnership with the Nursing Times and UNISON, this report brings together perspectives from four key groups: students, newly registered nurses and midwives, preceptors, and preceptorship leads and champions.
This latest survey reveals encouraging signs of progress—with 91% of newly registered nurses and midwives now being offered a preceptorship programme, up from just 61% in 2021/22. The report also underscores the importance of preceptorship in staff retention: 74% of new registrants say the quality of their preceptorship influenced their decision to stay with or leave their organisation.
Yet, the report also highlights significant variation in quality, access, and support. For example, internationally educated new registrants are 13% less likely to be offered preceptorship.