PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nurses: Training (26 June 2017)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Answer
Nursing places across all fields, including mental health, will no longer be commissioned in the same way that has been done previously by Health Education England (HEE).
The reforms for healthcare education funding for pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals will see students move onto the standard student loans system.
HEE will no longer commission student places, but will be responsible for ensuring that there is adequate funding provision for clinical placements to ensure the National Health Service has sufficient numbers in training to meet future workforce needs.
HEE and the education sector will work together to ensure that there are training places in the required subjects and in locations where the NHS has sufficient clinical placement capacity.
An overview of the mental health workforce will be published shortly in HEE's annual Workforce Plan for England.
Answered by:
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
4 July 2017
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