Nurses: Training
(asked on 31st October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people enrolled as student nurses and (b) applications were received for such enrolment in each year for which data has been collected.
The following table shows the total number of people who enrolled as student nurses in each year in England for which data has been collected.
Year | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
Nurse Total | 16,837 | 17,692 | 18,923 | 20,610 | 21,523 | 22,815 | 23,377 | 20,308 | 21,199 |
Year | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
Nurse Total | 19,352 | 20,664 | 20,829 | 20,092 | 17,741 | 17,219 | 17,568 | 19,147 | 19,949 |
Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns
Data on the number of applicants for University nursing training places is collected by the University and Colleges Admissions Service.