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<p>The department has published a framework/standard tool which shows there have been
40,650 apprenticeship starts for the Health, Public Services and Care subject area
in the 2017/18 academic year, reported to date in England: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p><p>We
are wanting 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 is a huge achievement in supporting people from all backgrounds to enter
a nursing career in the National Health Service.</p><p>Registered Nurse (degree) apprenticeship
standard was approved for delivery on 9 May 2017. There were 20 total starts on the
Registered Nurse (degree) apprenticeship in the 2017/18 academic year, of which 10
were started in the East of England. There were no other starts reported for this
standard in the 2016/17 academic year, or within the Essex or Hertfordshire local
authorities.</p><p>We have also created a new programme for nursing associate apprentices
to broaden the routes into the profession. 5,000 starts are planned in 2018, with
a further 7,500 in 2019.</p><p>We are working closely with employers and Health Education
England to make sure the National Health Service are fully supported to recruit apprentices,
both in nursing and a range of other occupations.</p><p>We publish starts for training
providers when data is finalised for the full academic year. There were no starts
for the Princess Alexandra hospital as a training provider for 2016/17.</p><p>Provider
data for 2016/17 is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables</a>.
Data for 2017/18 will be published in November 2018.</p><p>We do not hold the information
that we treat as the verified identity of an individual’s employer, so it is not possible
to state how many apprentices were employed by the Princess Alexandra hospital.</p>
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