Nursing Associates
(asked on 7th September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of nursing associates.
This question was answered on 12th September 2016
In May 2016, the Government confirmed proposals to introduce a new nursing support role, a Nursing Associate. Health Education England are in the process of establishing test sites to educate and train the new Nursing Associates, which will be confirmed in the autumn. Once the test sites are confirmed, Health Education England will recruit at least 1,000 Nursing Associates into training by the end of 2016.