Nurses: Training
(asked on 7th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist nurses are trained to support people with learning disabilities in England.
The following table shows the number of pre-registration learning disability nurse places that were filled as at 31 March in academic years 2012-13 and 2013-14.
The table also details the number of pre-registration nursing places that have been commissioned for academic years 2014-15 and 2015-16.
| 2012-13 Actual | 2013-14 Actual | 2014-15 Planned | 2015-16 Planned |
Learning disability nurse total | 618 | 603 | 653 | 664 |
Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns
In December 2014, Health Education England published their Workforce Plan for England which includes their planned Education and Training Commissions for 2015-16 which is available at the following link:
http://hee.nhs.uk/work-programmes/workforce-planning/