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838127

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Midwives and Nurses: Degrees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) nurses, and (2) midwives, on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register hold a degree-level qualification in (a) nursing, and (b) midwifery.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL5455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and is responsible for nurse and midwifery registration. In order to join its register, the NMC must be satisfied that an applicant is capable of practising safely and effectively. As part of its registration process the NMC assesses an applicant’s qualifications, training and experience against its registration standards.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5456 question first answered 14/02/2018 14:25:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

789916

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Labour Turnover
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK-domiciled registered nurses (1) came on to, and (2) left, the Nursing Midwifery Council Register, in each of the years 2010–11 to 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and is responsible for nurse and midwifery registration.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/11/2017 14:19:59 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

789918

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many places at UK higher education institutions were commissioned for graduate nursing studies in each of the years 2010–11 to 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The information held by the Department does not separately identify the number of postgraduate trainees on pre-registration nursing courses and includes only the numbers for England.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the total number of nurse training places that were commissioned in England in each academic year, for the period 2010-11 to 2016-17. These figures include both undergraduates and postgraduates on pre-registration nurse training courses.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Course</p></td><td><p>Nurse total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>20,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>17,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>17,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>18,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>20,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>20,680</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source:</em> Health Education England since 2013.</p><p>Financial Information Management System prior to 2013</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/11/2017 15:25:21 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

789919

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the total funds allocated for continuing professional development in each of the years 2013–14 to 2016–17 for (1) medical doctors and consultants, (2) registered nurses, (3) registered midwives, and (d) all other regulated health professionals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Different organisations have a range of responsibilities for training and development. Individual National Health Service employers have responsibility for supporting staff with courses which are required to fulfil duties to work in their organisation and core employment requirements. The Department does not collect this data.</p><p> </p><p>National funding through Health Education England (HEE) has historically been used to support development of the NHS workforce which includes development of careers. HEE invests up to £300 million per year on supporting individuals in NHS employment to achieve registered qualifications and a further £80 million on workforce transformation projects agreed locally, some of which has prioritised training courses for ongoing development.</p><p> </p><p>Going forward, HEE is considering alternative models for traditional Continuing Professional Development funding; for example exploring routes for apprenticeships for post-graduate qualifications that may have been funded directly at a national level previously.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/11/2017 16:52:02 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

769260

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nursing Associates: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional resource is being allocated to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to support work on the regulation of nursing assistants in (1) 2017–18, and (2) 2018–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to introduce statutory regulation for the new nursing associate role. The Department has agreed to reimburse the NMC for work undertaken on this project, up to a budget of £624,182 for 2016-17 and £3,092,523 for 2017-18. Funding required by the NMC for 2018-19 and beyond will be subject to future Departmental business planning rounds.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not provided any additional resource to the NMC in respect of the introduction of nursing degree apprenticeships.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1995 question first answered 24/10/2017 14:58:45 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

769261

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional resource is being allocated to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to support work on the regulation of graduate nursing apprenticeships in (1) 2017–18, and (2) 2018–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to introduce statutory regulation for the new nursing associate role. The Department has agreed to reimburse the NMC for work undertaken on this project, up to a budget of £624,182 for 2016-17 and £3,092,523 for 2017-18. Funding required by the NMC for 2018-19 and beyond will be subject to future Departmental business planning rounds.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not provided any additional resource to the NMC in respect of the introduction of nursing degree apprenticeships.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1994 question first answered 24/10/2017 14:58:45 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

769262

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether nursing students who follow an apprenticeship route require a degree awarded by an approved higher education institution in order to apply for Registered Nurse status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (NDA) allows individuals to train to become a graduate registered nurse through the apprentice route. The NDA is a Level 6 qualification and students via the apprenticeship route are required to meet the same Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards as other nursing students.</p><p>Only NMC-approved higher education institutions are able to deliver the NDA. NMC approval involves an assessment of the range and quality assurance of practice placements available to students on a nursing degree programme. All nurses must complete a high quality education and training programme to provide the best standard of care for our patients.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/10/2017 14:59:27 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

769263

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional resource is being allocated to Health Education England for higher education institutions to cover the placement training costs for additional nursing degree students in (1) 2017–18, and (2) 2018–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>On 1 August 2017, the Government announced additional funding to support clinical placements required in 2017-18 as a result of the increase in training places. Health Education England confirmed that funding will be made available for up to 1,500 additional clinical placements in England for nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration degree courses from the 2017-18 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>In order to meet the growing need for more registered nurses in the future, on 3 October 2017, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced a further increase in the number of available clinical placements for undergraduate nurse degrees. This would result in an increase of over 5,000 nurse training places available each year from 2018-19, an increase of 25% from 20,680 available in 2016-17 to 25,850 in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The payments for these placements will be made in line with the tariff prices in the education and training tariff guidance document, published annually by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of 2017-18 Education &amp; Training placement tariffs is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/10/2017 15:00:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name 2017-18_ET_tariff_guidance_FINAL_July_v2.pdf title Education and training tariffs
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

642903

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress Health Education England made in reducing the levels of attrition for students studying for a nursing degree both full and part-time in the years 2013–14 to 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) has established a project: Reducing Pre-registration Attrition and Improving Retention (RePAIR) to identify areas of best practice in reducing avoidable attrition. The project, which focuses on the four fields of nursing (adult, children, learning disabilities and mental Health), midwifery and therapeutic radiography, has established a new definition of ‘pure attrition’ agreed by the RePAIR Steering Group on 30 November 2015 to set a national baseline:</p><p>‘Percentage of students who did not complete within the standard pathway for that programme’.</p><p>This is a high level standard metric to measure improvement and was required to overcome inconsistencies with other attrition definitions. HEE is now in a position to understand the headline message about how many students complete their course of study within the commissioned period of their programme. The data collected to date for the four fields of nursing, midwifery and therapeutic radiography is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Average % of students that do not complete within the standard pathway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 (Baseline year)</p></td><td><p>32.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>30.54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>Health Education England</p><p>Data for 2015/16 is not yet available.</p><p>The RePAIR project was tasked with defining attrition in a more meaningful way and working with Healthcare Environment Inspectorates (HEIs) to address the reasons behind attrition. It should be noted that previous such collections, in the main, looked at the number of students who failed to complete their programme of study at any point (leaving the programme for personal reasons, or failing examinations).</p><p>The new methodology seeks to analyse students not completing their programme of study on schedule, as well as those who do not complete it at all, as this is a crucial factor in ensuring a timely and sufficient supply of clinical staff in the National Health Service. Some of these students will go on to complete their studies but over a longer time frame.</p><p>The RePAIR project has established a number of case study sites to gain a greater depth of understanding about what influences a student’s decision to stay on a course and test some proposed interventions to improve retention. The RePAIR Project will report its findings and present its data for 2015/16 in autumn 2017.</p><p>HEE will continue to work with HEIs and others to find solutions to attrition.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 06/12/2016 14:20:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

642904

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 16 December 2014 (HL3361), what is the single definition of attrition used by higher education institutions, Health Education England, the Department of Health and the Department for Education to determine levels of attrition for nursing degree courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of one single definition of student attrition across the organisations highlighted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Mandate to Health Education England (HEE) includes a requirement for HEE to reduce attrition rates from training programmes by 50% by 2017. HEE defines attrition in the fields of fields of nursing, midwifery and therapeutic radiography as the “Percentage of students who did not complete within the standard pathway for that programme.”</p><p> </p><p>This attrition metric is completely new so should not be benchmarked to other attrition definitions, such as the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s non-continuation rate for United Kingdom nursing students which has previously been referred to. This high-level standard metric is designed to overcome inconsistencies with other attrition definitions and to measure improvement nationally.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 06/12/2016 15:20:04 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough