Nurses: Training

(asked on 7th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase routes into nursing.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 21st February 2018

Broadening routes into nursing is a priority for the Department. That is why we have developed the new Nursing Associate role and the Nurse Degree Apprenticeship which will open up routes into the registered nursing profession for thousands of people from all backgrounds and allow employers to grow their own workforce.

In 2017, 2,000 trainee Nursing Associates began training on a Health Education England pilot programme across 35 test sites in England. Applications to the pilots proved to be extremely popular with over 8,000 healthcare support workers applying for a place.

Following success of the first year of Nursing Associate pilot programmes, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced in October 2017 plans to train 5,000 Nursing Associates through the apprentice route in 2018 and a further 7,500 in 2019.

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