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<p>The following table shows the total number of student nurses in England, in training
places as at 31 March in each year, for the period 2010/11 to 2014/15. The Department
and Health Education England do not hold data for students undertaking their training
in Wales.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>53,101</p></td><td><p>51,824</p></td><td><p>52,914</p></td><td><p>48,484</p></td><td><p>50,139</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong></strong></p><p><em>Source:
</em>multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>In
2015 the National Health Service has seen record numbers of nurses and midwives in
post. The latest data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s Hospital
and Community Health Services monthly workforce statistics, which does not include
nurses working in general practice, shows a total of 303,600 full time equivalent
nurses and midwives, in post in England in August 2015.</p>
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