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<p>There have been 64,830 apprenticeship starts in Health, Public Services and Care,
reported to date, in the first three quarters of the 2017 to 2018 academic year (August
2017 to April 2018) in England, the data for which can be accessed at the link below:
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a>.</p><p>We
want to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships and now have a complete apprentice
pathway from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice in nursing. This
will support people from all backgrounds to enter a nursing career in the NHS.</p><p>In
the 2017/18 academic year reported to date (from August 2017 to April 2018), there
have been 260 apprenticeship starts recorded for the Registered Nurse standard (degree
apprenticeship approved for delivery on 9 May 2017), and 640 apprenticeship starts
recorded for the Nursing Associate standard (Level 5 apprenticeship standard approved
for delivery on 20 November 2017). There were no starts on these standards in the
2016/17 academic year. Full final year data for the academic year 2017 to 2018 will
be available in November 2018.</p><p>We are working closely with employers, Health
Education England and ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care to make
sure the NHS is fully supported to recruit apprentices, both in nursing and in a range
of other occupations. For example, 2,000 Nursing Associates started training on Health
Education England’s pilot project in 2017.</p>
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