Nurses: Training

(asked on 6th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing training places were provided in each region in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many such places he expects to be provided in the current year.


Answered by
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Ben Gummer
This question was answered on 15th January 2016

The following table details the number of nurse training places available in each of the Health Education England local team areas in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years.



Available nurse training places

Local Team

2014-15

2015-16

East of England

1,783

2,015

East Midlands

1,651

1,661

Kent, Surrey and Sussex

1,126

1,209

North, Central and Eastern London

1,191

1,280

North East

1,105

1,089

North West

3,256

3,322

North West London

820

917

South London

1,138

1,171

South West

1,441

1,432

Thames Valley

768

795

West Midlands

2,157

2,342

Wessex

941

1,011

Yorkshire and Humber

2,010

2,059

Sum of local teams

19,387

20,303


Source: Multi-professional education and training budget monitoring returns


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