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<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>
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