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(3 years, 2 months ago)
Commons ChamberYes. The hon. Lady raises a very important issue, and if she writes to me with the full details, we will get right on it.
My hon. Friend makes a really important point. Nurse education standards are set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Its current standards are based on EU law, but that no longer applies to the UK, and it has launched a survey on whether those standards should change. Acceptances for pre-registration nursing programmes at English universities for 2020-21 increased by over 5,000 since the previous year.