Nurses: Training
(asked on 27th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of nurses dropped out of (1) all nurse training, (2) paediatric nurse training, (3) adult nurse training, and (4) mental health nurse training, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency publish the proportion of nursing entrants to undergraduate courses that are no longer in higher education. The following table shows the proportion of United Kingdom domiciled undergraduate nursing entrants who are no longer in higher education 2019/20. The rates in will not include students that have transferred to a course in another subject. Non-continuation rates are not available at the level of specific nursing professions.
| Proportion of entrants that are no longer in higher education |
Young students (21 years old and under) | 4.70% |
Mature students (over 21 years old) | 7.10% |
Source: The Higher Education Statistics Agency Non-continuation rates 2022.