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1059787

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of nurse training course fees and bursaries being paid for by the NHS subject to the completion of several years of post-registration work as a nurse.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	220203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation and secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the National Health Service and enable universities to create additional nursing and midwifery training places.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February, the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) published full-time undergraduate nursing and midwifery applications made by the 15 January deadline. This data showed a 4.5% increase in the number of applicants compared to the same point in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the data UCAS published in February, there is no intention to provide bursaries for nurse training course fees.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018 the former Secretary of State for Health (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a £10,000 package of golden hello payments for 2018/19 loan funded postgraduate nursing students that take up employment in learning disability, mental health or community service nursing roles. The full details of this incentive will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that nurses have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220204 question first answered 18/02/2019 12:22:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1059789

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current framework and funding of nurse training in incentivising sufficient people to join the nursing profession to meet the needs of the health service.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	220204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation and secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the National Health Service and enable universities to create additional nursing and midwifery training places.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February, the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) published full-time undergraduate nursing and midwifery applications made by the 15 January deadline. This data showed a 4.5% increase in the number of applicants compared to the same point in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the data UCAS published in February, there is no intention to provide bursaries for nurse training course fees.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018 the former Secretary of State for Health (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a £10,000 package of golden hello payments for 2018/19 loan funded postgraduate nursing students that take up employment in learning disability, mental health or community service nursing roles. The full details of this incentive will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that nurses have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220203 question first answered 18/02/2019 12:22:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1650028

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 3 July 2023, for what reason he plans to reduce the number of trainee children's nurses.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	192368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>NHS England’s initial assessment is that there is currently a sufficient number of training places to meet demand for children’s nursing, but this will be kept under review. The modelling within this Plan will be independently verified and further information will be provided in due course.</p><p>The model will be kept up to date, aligning service, finance and workforce planning much more closely together in future years. As programme teams collate more data, the impact of integrated care systems feeds through and as our actions start to be delivered, we can more precisely predict workforce demand.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2023 13:45:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1010732

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of student bursaries on the number of people applying to become nursing students.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	193453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) data from October 2018 shows that demand for nursing courses remains strong, with applications exceeding available places in 2018. The number of acceptances to nursing and midwifery courses in 2018 is consistent with earlier years, at approximately 22,000.</p><p> </p><p>Final UCAS data will be published in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with relevant bodies across health and education to monitor the effects of the healthcare funding reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working with Health Education England and the university sector to ensure students continued to apply for courses this year. In September 2018 Health Education England launched a campaign to improve the perception of nursing to encourage applications to relevant undergraduate courses for UCAS applications in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also put in place significant interventions to boost the supply of nurses, ranging from training more nurses, offering new routes into the profession, enhancing reward packages to make nursing more attractive and improve retention, and encouraging those that have left to return to nursing.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/11/2018 14:19:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

869393

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications to study nursing were received in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	133907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is not responsible for collecting data on the number of applications to study nursing degree courses.</p><p> </p><p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service publishes data on the number of applications to full-time undergraduate courses.</p><p> </p><p>Further information and links to 2017 and 2018 application cycle data are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/03/2018 16:53:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

869394

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing students there were in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	133908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of nursing students in training in any year of a nursing degree between 2010/11 and 2016/17.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic 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><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of nursing students</p></td><td><p>52,836</p></td><td><p>51,713</p></td><td><p>52,811</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td><td><p>50,139</p></td><td><p>51,386</p></td><td><p>52,606</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Information prior to 2013 was sourced using the Department’s Financial Information Management System. Data collected after 2013 is sourced using the Health Education England EDCOM (Education Commissioning) reports.</p><p>- Data for the 2013/14 academic years are not available due to commissioning moving from the Department to Health Education England.</p><p>- Student numbers are recorded as of March in each academic year.</p><p>- Data for 2017/18 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/03/2018 12:13:53 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

870192

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of its decision to change NHS funding for postgraduate nursing courses in England.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	134126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>In July 2016 the Government published a revised economic impact assessment alongside the response to its consultation: Reforming healthcare education funding: creating a sustainable future workforce.</p><p> </p><p>A revised version of the original Equality Analysis, published in February 2018 to accompany the reforms to pre-registration postgraduate healthcare funding, can be found with the aforementioned documents at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded</a></p><p> </p><p>Following implementation of the policy, the Department will look for suitable opportunities, including through existing stakeholder forums, to monitor developments.</p><p> </p><p>In order to meet the growing need to increase the future supply of registered nurses, additional clinical placement funding was announced by the Department in August and October 2017. This will enable around 5,000 more nursing students to enter training each year from September 2018; an historic 25% increase.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 28/03/2018 10:54:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

865125

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department makes any additional maintenance funding available to student nurses who work on placements during the university holiday period each summer.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	132992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding for nursing programmes is based on a 52 week academic year and therefore all clinical placements are included in universities’ standard term time and maintenance funding is available for the full year.</p><p> </p><p>The level of funding available to student nurses depends on their household income and is also reflective of the time they spend studying during the academic year, including time on placement.</p><p> </p><p>For undergraduate pre-registration nursing students who start courses on or after 1 August 2017, several additional allowances are additionally available from the Department:</p><p>- Child dependents allowance – an additional payment of £1,000 per student per academic year for students with child dependents;</p><p>- Travel and dual accommodation – the Government reimburses students for additional daily travel costs and pays for secondary accommodation whilst attending clinical placements; and</p><p>- Exceptional hardship – £3,000 per academic year for eligible students facing severe financial hardship.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 21/03/2018 16:33:46 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

844011

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of nursing degree places offered at universities in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	128128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The funding reforms mean we have moved away from centrally imposed number controls and financial limitations, creating a sustainable model for universities and the healthcare workforce supply.</p><p> </p><p>In order to meet the growing need to increase the future supply of registered nurses, additional clinical placement funding was announced by the Department in August and October 2017. This will enable around 5,000 more nursing students to enter training each year from September 2018; a historic 25% increase.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 22/02/2018 16:32:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

844012

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps the Government has taken financially to assist people who are seeking to train as a nurse.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	128373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>A number of provisions are available to support pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health profession students. These include child dependants allowance, travel and dual accommodation support and, in eligible cases, an exceptional hardship fund. Allowing students to access the student loans system also enables them to be up to 25% better off while they study than under the previous funding system.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 22/02/2018 16:28:30 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps