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584126

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	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 he is taking to ensure that ending the NHS bursaries for nurses does not deter people from training to be a mental health nurse.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	46598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>We expect this reform to enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional training places to study pre-registration nursing, midwifery and the allied health subjects including mental health nursing.</p><p> </p><p>In order to meet National Health Service workforce supply requirements, Health Education England will retain responsibility for workforce planning to ensure that the right number of trained staff are available for the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/10/2016 10:29:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

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

732327

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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 on the number of applications to study nursing at degree level in the 2017-18 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 34 items of correspondence received since 1 January 2017 about the number of applications to study nursing at degree level in the 2017-18 academic year. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/07/2017 16:35:39 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

731353

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 from Cabinet colleagues about reintroducing the student nursing bursary.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not received any representations from Cabinet colleagues about reintroducing the National Health Service bursary for new pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health students from 1 August 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/06/2017 15:25:11 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

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

432806

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	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 proportion of student nurses had already studied for a degree before training as a nurse in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of new student nurses who have studied for a degree likely to start training as a nurse in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	18019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The information about the proportion of student nurses that had already studied for a degree before training as a nurse is not collected by the Department. Statistical information can be obtained from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.</p><br /><p /> <br /> <p>The Government does not have estimates of the number of student nurses who have studied for a degree and likely to start training. However we intend to make an exemption so that student nurses midwives and allied health professionals who already have a degree can access loans.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2015 17:17:01 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

712636

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	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 plans his Department has to improve access to opportunities for people to train to become nurses while working in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mrs Flick Drummond
	uin	909372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Developing new work based routes into nursing is a priority for the Department.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we have developed the new Nursing Associate role and Nursing Degree Apprenticeship which will open up routes into the registered nursing profession for thousands of people from all backgrounds and allow employers to grow their own workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The first 1,000 Nursing Associates were recruited to commence their training in January and the second wave of a further 1,000 Nursing Associates are due to commence training next month.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/03/2017 17:39:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4459 label Biography information for Mrs Flick Drummond

433517

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2015
	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 plans he has to amend the annual limit set on nurse educational places; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
	uin	18279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>From 2017 we are removing the limit on the number of students that can study nursing. This reform is expected to enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing and other health professional training places over this Parliament. This will open up opportunities for applicants which universities have previously been forced to turn down.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 09/12/2015 16:39:21 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

683398

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	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 his policy is on increasing the number of nursing graduates.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	62998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>At this stage of the application cycle, based on the data the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service published on 2 February, Health Education England (HEE) is confident that the National Health Service will be able to fill the number of nursing and midwifery training places in England.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has increased nurse training commissions by nearly 15% over the last three years and is forecasting that up to 40,000 additional nurses could be available to the NHS by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the increase in training commissions, HEE has also implemented a number of steps to increase nurse numbers within the NHS. These include:</p><p> </p><p>- proactively promoting the Return to Practice programme, aimed at encouraging previously qualified nurses that have left the NHS, to update their skills and qualifications and return to practice within the NHS;</p><p>- the provision of flexible routes into nursing for pre-existing support staff; and</p><p>- working closely with universities to improve attrition rates from courses which will further increase the number of nursing students who graduate.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 63028 question first answered 10/02/2017 09:12:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

631184

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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 his Department's national three-to-five strategy is for supporting the training and development of advanced paediatric and neonatal nurse practitioners, to enable skilled acute care for infants, children and young people close to home.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	52185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not have a dedicated three to five strategy for supporting the training and development of advanced paediatric and neonatal nurse practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>It is Health Education England’s (HEE) responsibility to ensure that there is sufficient future supply of staff, including those needed in specialist fields such as this, to meet the workforce requirements of the English health system.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its ongoing work HEE continually looks to ensure that staff groups, such as those highlighted, have the correct planned workforce growth, consider whether new roles are required and ensure that existing undergraduate training and education meets the needs of both students and patients.</p><p> </p><p>At a local level, it is the responsibility of National Health Service organisations to ensure that their staff, through Continuing Professional Development, have the ongoing skills required to deliver safe and effective care to patients.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/11/2016 10:47:47 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy