Health Professions: Training
(asked on 13th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students on (a) nursing, (b) midwifery and (c) Allied Health Professional courses successfully returned to their studies after benefitting from the NHS Bursary maternity award in the last five years for which figures are available.
The following table shows the number of students on nursing, midwifery and Allied Health Professional courses who were in receipt of the NHS Bursary maternity award in each of the last three academic years and those who have subsequently returned to their studies following a period of maternity leave. Information prior to 2013/14 is not available.
Academic Year1 | Professional Group | Students in receipt of the NHS Bursary maternity award | Students returning from a period of maternity leave |
2013/14 | Allied Health Professional | 55 | 49 |
| Midwifery | 99 | 92 |
| Nursing | 633 | 558 |
2013/14 Total |
| 787 | 699 |
2014/15 | Allied Health Professional | 50 | 40 |
| Midwifery | 80 | 56 |
| Nursing | 581 | 444 |
2014/15 Total2 |
| 711 | 540 |
2015/16 | Allied Health Professional | 56 | 6 |
| Midwifery | 72 | 4 |
| Nursing | 473 | 59 |
2015/16 Total2 |
| 601 | 69 |
Grand Total |
| 2,528 | 1,702 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority
Notes
1 Standard academic year (i.e. September to the following August)
2 The count for these academic years is as at 14 June 2016. There are likely to be further students who commence, or return from a period of maternity leave after this date