Henry Bellingham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend the annual limit set on nurse educational places; and if he will make a statement.

Ben Gummer

From 2017 we are removing the limit on the number of students that can study nursing. This reform is expected to enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing and other health professional training places over this Parliament. This will open up opportunities for applicants which universities have previously been forced to turn down.