Health Professions: Training
(asked on 21st November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses (i) began and (ii) completed their qualifications in each of the last 20 years.
There are 1,300 more full time equivalent nurses in the NHS than in 2010 and 8,300 more full time equivalent doctors.
The NHS is responsible for determining the number of places to make available for pre-registration nurse training in England. Since April 2013, Health Education England has held this responsibility. The following table provides information on the number of pre-registration nurse training places that were filled in each year since 1996. The Department does not hold data prior to this date.
Year | Number of places | Year | Number of places | Year | Number of places |
1996-97 | 14,325 | 2002-03 | 21,523 | 2008-09 | 20,664 |
1997-98 | 15,743 | 2003-04 | 22,815 | 2009-10 | 20,829 |
1998-99 | 16,837 | 2004-05 | 23,377 | 2010-11 | 20,092 |
1999-2000 | 17,692 | 2005-06 | 20,308 | 2011-12 | 17,741 |
2000-01 | 18,923 | 2006-07 | 21,199 | 2012-13 | 17,219 |
2001-02 | 20,610 | 2007-08 | 19,352 | 2013-14 | 17,568 |
Source: Data provided to the Department of Health by the commissioners of pre-registration training
The Department does not hold information on the number of students completing nurse training.
The Department does not hold information on the number of students starting and completing their medical degrees. This information is available from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.