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<p>Health Education England is proactively encouraging more people to train to become
mental health and learning disability nurses through a number of initiatives including:</p><p>
</p><p>- In order to meet the growing need for more registered nurses in the future
across all nurse disciplines, on 3 October 2017, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary
of State announced an increase in the number of additional clinical placements for
undergraduate degrees. This would result in an increase of over 5,000 nurse training
places available each year from 2018/19; an increase of 25% from 20,680 available
in 2016/17 to 25,850 in 2018/19;</p><p> </p><p>- Supporting the system wide fast-track
graduate route; an accelerated postgraduate nurse programme for Mental Health and
Learning Disabilities that began in September 2017 to attract high-achieving graduates
into a career in nursing. The aim is to help address workforce capacity and support
the development of future nurse leaders in key areas, targeting mental health and
learning disabilities in the first instance;</p><p> </p><p>- Ensuring nurses in other
sectors have the opportunities within their competency frameworks to develop their
skills further to work in mental health and learning disability nursing;</p><p> </p><p>-
Commissioning of focus groups and polls of potential and existing trainees to understand
better the obstacles, increase support offered and increase the profile and attractiveness
of careers in mental health; and</p><p> </p><p>- Training of the clinical workforce,
including mental health and learning disability nurses in Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland is a matter for each of the devolved administrations in those countries.</p>
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