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1002726

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of student nurses experiencing financial hardship as a result of travel costs incurred during training placements.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	188878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of students who apply to universities for financial assistance during their studies is not held centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 12/11/2018 17:27:04 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

995557

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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 implications for his policies of the fall in the number of applications to nursing courses in the UK in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	184414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department is working with relevant bodies across health and education to monitor the effects of the healthcare funding reforms, including the impact on application numbers on all the professions affected. We are working with universities to ensure more people continue to apply to nurse training programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working with its arm’s length bodies on a number of actions to increase recruitment and retention of the nursing workforce, including applications to nursing courses.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England, with the support of the Department and Health Education England (HEE), has launched a major advertising campaign, aimed at encouraging recruitment to the National Health Service, retaining the existing workforce, and promoting the possibility of a return to the workforce for those who have previously worked in the NHS. The campaign has a strong focus on nursing, and builds upon HEE’s #KnowAboutNursing campaign, which has been running since May of this year.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 31/10/2018 18:00:32 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

988452

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure access by nurses to continuing professional development.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL10651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of supporting employers in their responsibility for the development of the current workforce, which includes making available opportunities for nurses to meet the continuing professional development standards of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.</p><p>Building on the recommendations made by the Health and Social Care Select Committee in its Nursing Workforce Inquiry, the Department is working with Health Education England, NHS Improvement and NHS England to consider the approach to and funding of continuing professional development.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/10/2018 16:01:12 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

984563

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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, when his Department plans to introduce the payments for postgraduate pre-registration nursing students announced by the Minister of State for Health on 9 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	177321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Further to the announcement of 9 May, these payment incentives will be available for future postgraduates nursing students who complete courses funded by loans in the 2018/19 academic year. Payments will be made to these graduates once they take up in employment in the health and care sector in England in mental health, learning disability or district nursing.</p><p> </p><p>Working with the National Health Service and the university sector, the Government is finalising the most effective way to administer and introduce the scheme and will set out details in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 177322 question first answered 15/10/2018 16:40:58 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

984564

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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 he plans to administer the golden hello payments for postgraduate pre-registration nursing students.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	177322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Further to the announcement of 9 May, these payment incentives will be available for future postgraduates nursing students who complete courses funded by loans in the 2018/19 academic year. Payments will be made to these graduates once they take up in employment in the health and care sector in England in mental health, learning disability or district nursing.</p><p> </p><p>Working with the National Health Service and the university sector, the Government is finalising the most effective way to administer and introduce the scheme and will set out details in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 177321 question first answered 15/10/2018 16:40:58 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

973298

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135248 on Nurses: Training, what the planned publication date is of that update.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	174675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not have a confirmed planned publication date. It is working with its partners in health and education to determine the most appropriate way forward, in the context of the development of the long-term plan for the National Health Service and changes in the Higher Education system, including the establishment of the Office for Students.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 09/10/2018 14:04:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

973300

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135422, when his Department plans to publish the information commissioned from UCAS on the number of applicants for university nursing courses in the 2018 undergraduate cycle by (a) by field of nursing and (b) English region.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	174676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Health Education England commissioned data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for the 2018 application cycle and this data was received by the Department for ongoing monitoring of nursing applications.</p><p> </p><p>This data was shared by UCAS under an agreement that requires it to be kept in confidence and used for internal purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The current application cycle finishes on 23 October and the Department has agreed a timetable with UCAS that allows this data to be published in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 09/10/2018 14:02:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

971871

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the withdrawal of the nursing bursary on the number of applications for nursing degree courses in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL10236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2018 answer text <p>The department is working with relevant bodies across health and education to monitor the effects of the healthcare funding reforms, including the impact on application numbers.</p><p> </p><p>There is still strong demand for nursing courses. While the latest UCAS figures for 31 August 2018 show that English acceptances to nursing courses have fallen by 3.7% compared to the previous year, there are still more applicants than places available for them.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Health and Social Care is working with Health Education England and the university sector to ensure students continue to apply for courses up to the end of clearing in October 2018 and in future years.</p><p> </p><p>We have also opened new work-based learning routes into the nursing profession for those who may not be able to study full-time.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 24/09/2018 13:00:40 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

971382

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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 reasons for the decline in the number of student nurse applications since 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	172499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department is working with relevant bodies across health and education to monitor the effects of the healthcare funding reforms, including the impact on application numbers.</p><p> </p><p>There is still strong demand for nursing courses. Latest Universities and Colleges Admissions Service data for September 2018 show that there are still more applicants than places available for nursing courses.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working with its arm’s length bodies on a number of actions to increase recruitment and retention of the nursing workforce.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England, with the support of the Department and Health Education England (HEE), has launched a major advertising campaign, aimed at encouraging recruitment to the National Health Service, retaining the existing workforce, and promoting the possibility of a return to the workforce for those who have previously worked in the NHS. The campaign has a strong focus on nursing, and builds upon HEE’s #KnowAboutNursing campaign, which has been running since May of this year.</p><p> </p><p>We have also opened new work based learning routes into the nursing profession for those who may not be able to study full-time. The new Nursing Associate role and the Nurse Degree Apprenticeship will open routes into the registered nursing profession for thousands of people from all backgrounds and allow employers to grow their own workforce.</p><p>We have agreed a new pay deal that will see around 1 million NHS workers benefit over three years.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, my Rt hon. Friend the member for Bromsgrove has announced there will be no restriction on the numbers of nurses who can be employed through the Tier 2 visa route – giving health and social care employers the ability to recruit more international nurses to provide outstanding patient care whenever and wherever required.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/09/2018 13:27:16 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

971383

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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, if he will make it his policy to reintroduce bursaries for nursing degrees; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	172541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The removal of bursaries and introduction of student loans for nursing degrees has increased the number of nursing degree places that are available. Latest Universities and Colleges Admissions Service data for September 2018 show that there are still more applicants than places available for nursing courses.</p><p> </p><p>As such we have no plans to reinstate a bursary cap on places, which would limit the number of places available.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/09/2018 13:33:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas