Technical Education and Apprenticeships Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Technical Education and Apprenticeships

Lord Clark of Windermere Excerpts
Wednesday 7th December 2016

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Clark of Windermere Portrait Lord Clark of Windermere (Lab)
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Will the Minister advise the House of the Government’s latest thinking on introducing apprenticeships for fully qualified nurses? What discussions have the Government had with universities that currently provide degree qualifications for all qualified nurses?

Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait Viscount Younger of Leckie
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I may need to write to the noble Lord. The only answer I can give now with regard to the nursing profession is that health and science is an important part of the 15 new technical routes. There are five different routes one can go down. This was part of the Sainsbury review.