Clinical Psychologists: Training
(asked on 13th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people (a) applied for and (b) took up an NHS training place to train as a clinical psychologist, in each of the last five years for which data is available.
The Department does not hold data on applicants to clinical psychology courses.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does publish data on students enrolled on higher education (HE) courses. The following table shows the students enrolled onto the first year of a clinical psychology course in the United Kingdom. Enrolments to clinical psychology courses are not available for previous years.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Undergraduate | 295 | 300 | 275 |
Postgraduate | 1,415 | 1,560 | 1,780 |
All courses | 1,710 | 1,860 | 2,050 |
Source: The HESA HE student enrolments 2023