Helen Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2016-01-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurse training places were available in England in each year from 2009 to 2015.
Ben Gummer
The following table shows the number of pre-registration nurse training places that were available for each year since 2009.
Nursing |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
Planned |
21,337 |
20,327 |
18,069 |
17,546 |
18,056 |
19,206 |
20,033 |
Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns
Health Education England will formally publish the 2016/17 National Workforce Plan for England in February 2016, this document will include confirmation of the proposed increase in nursing commissions.