Frank Field – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places were commissioned in England for new entrants to become (a) nurses and (b) midwives in each year between 2010 and 2015.
Ben Gummer
The following table shows the number of pre-registration nursing and midwifery places (degree and diploma courses) that were commissioned by year, for the period 2010/11 to 2015/16.
|
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
|
|
Nursing |
20,327 |
18,069 |
17,546 |
18,056 |
19,206 |
20,033 |
|
Midwifery |
2,493 |
2,507 |
2,578 |
2,588 |
2,563 |
2,605 |
Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns
The latest planned training commissions for 2015/16 were published in December 2014 by Health Education England as part of their Workforce Plan for England.
