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<p>The number of applicants continues to outstrip the places on offer. Nursing training
places are competitive, and lead to an attractive and important career in the National
Health Service.</p><p>Record numbers of nurses are now working in the NHS, and the
first ever NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, backed by over £2.4 billion of funding, will
add 24,000 more nurse and midwifery training places by 2031.</p><p>Over the last decade,
the Government and system partners have delivered major initiatives to advance patient
safety in the NHS. This includes implementing the first NHS Patient Safety Strategy,
establishing the independent Health Services Safety Investigations Body to address
the most serious patient safety incidents, and appointing the first Patient Safety
Commissioner to champion the patient voice in relation to the safety of medicines
and medical devices.</p>
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