§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health care assistants are seconded into nurse education. [117147]
§ Mr. DenhamSince the 1 April 1997, a total of 1,230 existing National Health Service employees have been seconded on to pre-registration nursing and midwifery diploma training courses. Data are not collected centrally on the proportion of these who are health care assistants seconded on to such courses.
§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trainee nurses are(a) seconded on salary, (b) receiving his Department's bursary and (c) in receipt of a student loan. [117146]
§ Mr. DenhamSince the 1 April 1997, a total of 1,230 existing National Health Service employees have been seconded on a salary to pre-registration nursing and midwifery diploma courses.
Information on the number of trainee nurses receiving NHS funded bursaries is not held centrally. Of the 17,451 student nurses currently paid an NHS bursary by the NHS Student Grants Unit (SGU), 14,156 are diploma level students who are not eligible for student loans. The remaining 3,295 are degree level students who are eligible for student loans.
Student loans are a matter for the Department for Education and Employment.
§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of student nurses left training before completing their course in each year since 1996. [117148]
§ Ms StuartInformation on the percentage of student nurses who left training before completing their course in each year since 1996 is shown in the table. We do not yet have the data to provide an attrition rate for the 1999–2000 student.
Year Percentage 1995–96 17 1996–97 17 1997–98 15 1998–99 7 Note:
The data on attrition are based on a snapshot in time of a particular cohort(s). Since nursing and midwifery students can take up to five years to complete their three-year course, for each year there will be students who have yet to complete their training.