Nurses: Training

(asked on 29th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to reduce attrition rates for students on nursing degree courses.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 7th December 2017

In support of reducing attrition of nurses in training, Health Education England has established the Reducing Pre-Registration Attrition and Improving Retention project, to work with universities to reduce unnecessary attrition and identify areas of best practice in improving retention on health training courses. The project focuses on the four fields of nursing, midwifery and therapeutic radiography and aims to increase the supply of nurses and allied health professionals by supporting HEIs and NHS service provider organisations to work collaboratively to reduce attrition and improve retention. This project is scheduled to report in the spring of 2018.

Education and training provision for healthcare systems in the National Health Service in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is a matter for each of the devolved administrations.

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