Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nursing students were admitted to degree courses starting in (1) Autumn 2016, and (2) Autumn 2017; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the discontinuance of the NHS bursary scheme for nurses on those numbers.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
For autumn 2015 admissions, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) end of cycle data for B7 Nursing in England shows 21,450 students accepted onto B7 Nursing courses in England.
For autumn 2016 admissions, the UCAS end of cycle data for B7 Nursing in England shows 22,630 acceptances.
The information for autumn 2017 admissions is not yet available.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they had with universities providing graduate courses in nursing, prior to announcing plans for new degree-level nurse apprenticeships.
Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton
The Nursing Degree Apprenticeship Standard was developed by an employer-led Trailblazer Group whose membership includes health and social care employers, university and college representatives, the Council of Deans of Health and Government representatives. The Government announced approval of the Nursing Degree Apprentice Standard on 30 November. The Trailblazer Group continues to have a role in working with universities in preparation for the delivery phase of the apprentice standard.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidelines are issued to Clinical Commissioning Groups regarding patients with high-risk skin cancers such as melanoma.
Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton
NHS England has published a service specification for adult skin cancer services that sets out what the National Health Service must have in place to offer high quality skin cancer treatment, care and support. Embedded in this is the current best practice guidance on skin cancer published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
NICE is developing a guideline on the assessment and management of melanoma. NICE currently expects to publish its final guidance in July 2015. Further information is available at the following link and a copy of the webpage has been attached.
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-cgwave0674
In addition, NICE is currently in the process of updating its Public Health guidance on skin cancer prevention: information, resources and environmental changes (PH32).