Nurses: Training

(asked on 26th June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training commissions for mental health nursing there have been in each year since 2007.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 4th July 2017

The information requested is in the table below:

Available Commissions

Actual places filled

2006/07

4,090

3,728

2007/08

3,696

3,442

2008/09

3,769

3,497

2009/10

3,755

3,543

2010/11

3,398

3,547

2011/12

3,265

3,149

2012/13

3,132

3,025

2013/14

2,908

3,079

2014/15

3,143

3,101

2015/16

3,243

3,321

2016/17

3,343

Not yet available

As at 31 March 2017, there were 8,430 students enrolled on mental health nurse training courses.

Sources:

- Pre 2013/14 – Strategic health authority multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns.

- Post 2013/14 – Health Education England workforce statistics on non–medical education commissions.

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