Nurses: Training
(asked on 9th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for (a) midwives, (b) adult nurses, (c) children's nurses, (d) learning disabilities nurses and (e) mental health nurses were (i) commissioned and (ii) filled in each year since 2010-11.
The latest hospital and community health services monthly workforce statistics published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre shows that there has been an increase of over 6,300 in the nursing, midwifery and health visiting group between May 2010 and October 2014. This includes nearly 2,000 more midwives, over 3,000 more health visitors and over 1,300 more nurses.
The following table shows the number of places that were commissioned and filled as at 31 March in each year since 2004/05.
Midwives |
| 2004/5 Planned | 2004/05 Actual | 2005/06 Planned | 2005/06 Actual | 2006/07 Planned | 2006/07 Actual | 2007/08 Planned | 2007/08 Actual |
2,425 | 2,374 | 2,380 | 1,819 | 2,170 | 1,990 | 2,115 | 2,071 | ||
2008/09 Planned | 2008/09 Actual | 2009/10 Planned | 2009/10 Actual | 2010-11 Planned | 2010-11 Actual | 2011-12 Planned | 2011-12 Actual | ||
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| 2,274 | 2,272 | 2,537 | 2,482 | 2,493 | 2,488 | 2,507 | 2,484 |
2012-13 Planned | 2012-13 Actual | 2013-14 Planned | 2013-14 Actual | 2014-15 Planned |
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2,578 | 2,580 | 2,588 | 2,540 | 2,563 |
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Adult nurses |
| 2004/5 Planned | 2004/05 Actual | 2005/06 Planned | 2005/06 Actual | 2006/07 Planned | 2006/07 Actual | 2007/08 Planned | 2007/08 Actual |
16,334 | 15,810 | 16,850 | 14,149 | 15,687 | 14,406 | 14,796 | 13,026 | ||
2008/09 Planned | 2008/09 Actual | 2009/10 Planned | 2009/10 Actual | 2010-11 Planned | 2010-11 Actual | 2011-12 Planned | 2011-12 Actual | ||
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| 14,873 | 14,176 | 14,506 | 14,048 | 13,744 | 13,703 | 12,017 | 11,959 |
2012-13 Planned | 2012-13 Actual | 2013-14 Planned | 2013-14 Actual | 2014-15 Planned |
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11,509 | 11,285 | 120,92 | 11,802 | 13,228 |
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Children’s nurses |
| 2004/5 Planned | 2004/05 Actual | 2005/06 Planned | 2005/06 Actual | 2006/07 Planned | 2006/07 Actual | 2007/08 Planned | 2007/08 Actual |
2,188 | 2,229 | 2,251 | 1,814 | 2,113 | 2,060 | 2,069 | 2,062 | ||
2008/09 Planned | 2008/09 Actual | 2009/10 Planned | 2009/10 Actual | 2010-11 Planned | 2010-11 Actual | 2011-12 Planned | 2011-12 Actual | ||
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| 2,019 | 2,021 | 2,030 | 2,052 | 2,219 | 2,016 | 2,007 | 1,951 |
2012-13 Planned | 2012-13 Actual | 2013-14 Planned | 2013-14 Actual | 2014-15 Planned |
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2,189 | 2,187 | 2,180 | 2,084 | 2,182 |
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Learning disability nurses |
| 2004/5 Planned | 2004/05 Actual | 2005/06 Planned | 2005/06 Actual | 2006/07 Planned | 2006/07 Actual | 2007/08 Planned | 2007/08 Actual |
1,083 | 844 | 960 | 706 | 910 | 723 | 798 | 617 | ||
2008/09 Planned | 2008/09 Actual | 2009/10 Planned | 2009/10 Actual | 2010-11 Planned | 2010-11 Actual | 2011-12 Planned | 2011-12 Actual | ||
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| 811 | 629 | 755 | 723 | 777 | 642 | 614 | 574 |
2012-13 Planned | 2012-13 Actual | 2013-14 Planned | 2013-14 Actual | 2014-15 Planned |
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612 | 618 | 876 | 603 | 653 |
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Mental health nurses |
| 2004/5 Planned | 2004/05 Actual | 2005/06 Planned | 2005/06 Actual | 2006/07 Planned | 2006/07 Actual | 2007/08 Planned | 2007/08 Actual |
4,922 | 4,050 | 4,319 | 3,514 | 4,090 | 3,728 | 3,696 | 3,442 | ||
2008/09 Planned | 2008/09 Actual | 2009/10 Planned | 2009/10 Actual | 2010-11 Planned | 2010-11 Actual | 2011-12 Planned | 2011-12 Actual | ||
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| 3,769 | 3,497 | 3,755 | 3,543 | 3,398 | 3,547 | 3,265 | 3,149 |
2012-13 Planned | 2012-13 Actual | 2013-14 Planned | 2013-14 Actual | 2014-15 Planned |
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3,132 | 3,025 | 2,908 | 3,079 | 3,143 |
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In December 2014, Health Education England published their Workforce Plan for England which includes their planned Education and Training Commissions for 2015/16.