NHS: Staff

(asked on 10th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made against the commitment to fund clinical placements for an extra 5,000 places from 2019-20 for use by higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement.


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Stephen Hammond
This question was answered on 18th June 2019

The NHS Long Term Plan, published 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the National Health Service will have the staff it needs, so that nurses have the time they need to administer the expert compassionate care they are committed providing.

The Interim People Plan published June 2019, commits to providing clinical placement funding for an additional 5,000 clinical placements for pre-registration nursing and midwifery training each year.

In support of this commitment, NHS Improvement and NHS England are currently delivering a rapid clinical placement expansion programme, working with trust directors of nursing to provide targeted support and resource to increase placement capacity for the September 2019 intake, and will undertake a comprehensive review of clinical placement activity to increase expansion and student intakes in future years.

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