Nurses: Training
(asked on 30th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nursing training places were available in each year since 2000.
The following table shows the number of pre-registration nursing places (degree and diploma courses) that were available for each year since 2000.
Year | Nurse training places |
2000-01 | 19,460 |
2001-02 | 20,668 |
2002-03 | 21,949 |
2003-04 | 23,553 |
2004-05 | 24,956 |
2005-06 | 24,520 |
2006-07 | 22,964 |
2007-08 | 21,569 |
2008-09 | 21,732 |
2009-10 | 21,337 |
2010-11 | 20,327 |
2011-12 | 18,069 |
2012-13 | 17,546 |
2013-14 | 18,056 |
2014-15 | 19,206 |
2015-16 | 20,033 |
Source: Data provided to the Department of Health by the commissioners of pre-registration training
In December 2014, Health Education England published their Workforce Plan for England which includes their planned Education & Training Commissions for 2015-16.