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753942

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Royal College of Nursing, (2) the Royal College of Midwives, and (3) UNISON, as a consequence of the fall since 2016 reported by UCAS in the number of applications to universities to study for nursing degrees.
	tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
	uin	HL1089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers routinely meet nursing leaders and discuss a range of issues, including recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to reforming nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration education and increasing the number of places available for students so that two in three nursing applicants are no longer turned down for a place; at the same time ensuring these students have more money available to them while they study.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is confident that the National Health Service will have the required number of students it needs starting courses this year and will continue to work with the education sector to deliver these reforms successfully for the longer term.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1090 question first answered 31/07/2017 14:34:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

753944

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made to date in implementing their plan to provide 10,000 additional nursing student places by 2020; and how much additional funding has been provided to universities as part of this plan.
	tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
	uin	HL1090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers routinely meet nursing leaders and discuss a range of issues, including recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to reforming nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration education and increasing the number of places available for students so that two in three nursing applicants are no longer turned down for a place; at the same time ensuring these students have more money available to them while they study.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is confident that the National Health Service will have the required number of students it needs starting courses this year and will continue to work with the education sector to deliver these reforms successfully for the longer term.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1089 question first answered 31/07/2017 14:34:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

789918

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many places at UK higher education institutions were commissioned for graduate nursing studies in each of the years 2010–11 to 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The information held by the Department does not separately identify the number of postgraduate trainees on pre-registration nursing courses and includes only the numbers for England.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the total number of nurse training places that were commissioned in England in each academic year, for the period 2010-11 to 2016-17. These figures include both undergraduates and postgraduates on pre-registration nurse training courses.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Course</p></td><td><p>Nurse total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>20,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>17,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>17,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>18,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>20,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>20,680</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source:</em> Health Education England since 2013.</p><p>Financial Information Management System prior to 2013</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/11/2017 15:25:21 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

769263

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional resource is being allocated to Health Education England for higher education institutions to cover the placement training costs for additional nursing degree students in (1) 2017–18, and (2) 2018–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>On 1 August 2017, the Government announced additional funding to support clinical placements required in 2017-18 as a result of the increase in training places. Health Education England confirmed that funding will be made available for up to 1,500 additional clinical placements in England for nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration degree courses from the 2017-18 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>In order to meet the growing need for more registered nurses in the future, on 3 October 2017, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced a further increase in the number of available clinical placements for undergraduate nurse 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>The payments for these placements will be made in line with the tariff prices in the education and training tariff guidance document, published annually by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of 2017-18 Education &amp; Training placement tariffs is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/10/2017 15:00:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name 2017-18_ET_tariff_guidance_FINAL_July_v2.pdf title Education and training tariffs
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

790394

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which institutions provide undergraduate courses in nursing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL3304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on all higher education institutes providing undergraduate pre-registration courses in adult, child, mental health and learning disability nursing can be found in the table, which has been attached owing to the size of the data.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/11/2017 17:42:58 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL3304 table formatted.docx title Undergraduate pre-registration courses
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

754770

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurse training places there are for 2017-18; and what the vacancy rate is for such places, broken down by speciality.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	6694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of new nurse training places being made available by Health Education England (HEE) post 2016-17 will remain broadly consistent with the nurse training places set out in the HEE Commissioning and Investment Plan for 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>HEE will publish its annual workforce plan for 2017-18 shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 HEE Commissioning and Investment plan can be accessed on the link below:</p><p><a href="https://hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf</a></p><p>It is not possible to give the vacancy rates for the 2017-18 training places, as students can continue to apply for places until 20 September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/09/2017 14:26:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

755758

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that sufficient people train as nurses to address any shortfall in NHS nurse provision.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	7317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a range of measures to ensure sufficient nursing workforce supply:</p><p> </p><p>On 1 August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration nurse training from National Health Service-funded tuition and bursaries to the standard student support system. This change means we have moved away from centrally imposed number controls and financial limitations and therefore the artificial cap has been removed. We expect that these reforms will be enable universities to offer up to an additional 10,000 training places by 2020, for nurses, midwives and allied health profession students.</p><p> </p><p>Developing new routes into nursing is a priority for the Department. In November 2016 the new Nursing Associate role and the Nursing Degree Apprenticeship was announced. Once established, up to 1,000 apprentice nurses could join the NHS each year. In addition the Department is working with its arm’s length bodies to ensure that the NHS retains more of its existing workforce and invests in the Return to Nursing Practice Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Agenda for Change - the national pay system under which nurses are paid - includes mechanisms that enable trusts to target pay to address local recruitment and retention issues. In making recommendations to the Government on pay for nurses and other staff covered by Agenda for Change, the independent NHS Pay Review Body considers evidence from a wide range of stakeholders including trades unions, NHS Employers, NHS Providers, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Health Education England and others, not just from the Government. In its March 2017 report the NHS Pay Review Body noted that it had received no evidence from any party, including trades unions, for making any changes to the existing mechanisms; and that there was no support from any party for targeting the pay award for 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 8488 question first answered 12/09/2017 14:13:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

771499

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of the nursing bursary on the number of people entering mental health nurse training in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of that removal in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	107869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Data for mental health nursing places for 2017/18 academic year which commenced in September are not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>As of 15 September, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) data<sup>1</sup> the number of applicants who have confirmed places to study pre-registration nursing and midwifery in England from August 2017 is 21,340. This UCAS data includes mental health nursing but data for each individual branch of nursing is not currently available. This is similar to the numbers at the same stage in 2014 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>In order to increase the future supply of registered nurses, including mental health nurses, additional clinical placement funding was announced by the Department in August and October 2017. This enables around 5,000 more nursing students to enter training each year to 2020/21, representing a 25% increase over the number of nursing students in 2016/17. Going forward, Health Education England will monitor the number of nurse and allied health professionals applications to undergraduate courses to ensure sufficient supply of the future National Health Service workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/125701/download?token=ug8692Qp" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/125701/download?token=ug8692Qp</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/10/2017 11:28:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

790107

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received form (a) medical professionals and (b) patients on the reintroduction of nursing bursaries.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	113345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database between 1 May 2017 and 16 November 2017 has identified that 62 items of correspondence were received about the nursing bursaries in general.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to identify how many of these were specifically about the reintroduction of nursing bursaries.</p><p> </p><p>This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 May 2017 and 16 November 2017 my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has not had any specific meetings with medical professionals or patients on this topic.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 20/11/2017 15:38:47 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

797418

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to reduce attrition rates for students on nursing degree courses.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	116381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>In support of reducing attrition of nurses in training, Health Education England has established the Reducing Pre-Registration Attrition and Improving Retention project, to work with universities to reduce unnecessary attrition and identify areas of best practice in improving retention on health training courses. The project focuses on the four fields of nursing, midwifery and therapeutic radiography and aims to increase the supply of nurses and allied health professionals by supporting HEIs and NHS service provider organisations to work collaboratively to reduce attrition and improve retention. This project is scheduled to report in the spring of 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Education and training provision for healthcare systems in the National Health Service in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is a matter for each of the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/12/2017 14:24:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron