§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Health if he will give, for each of the years since 1951, the number of student and pupil nurses entering training in the general and psychiatric hospitals, respectively, and the corresponding figures for the numbers completing their training two and three years later, up to the most recent date for which this information is available.
§ Mr. BarberThe following are the figures:
(a) Student nurses in hospitals other than psychiatric hospitals. Year Number entered training Number completed training and eligible for registration 1951 16,917 1952 15,651 1953 15,058 1954 16,482 10,485 1955 17,390 10,583 1956 17,266 10,636 1957 16,928 11,055 1958 17,007 11,875 1959 16,234 11,859 1960 16,331 12,271 1961 16,852 11,989 1962 17,334 11,315 289W
(b) Student nurses in psychiatric hospitals. Year Number entered training Number completed training and eligible for registration 1951 1,994 1952 2,137 1953 2,196 1954 1,986 778 1955 1,933 787 1956 2,505 889 1957 2,817 821 1958 3,018 974 1959 3,451 1,124 1960 2,887 1,558 1961 2,610 1,617 1962 3,093 1,720
(c) Pupil nurse in hospitals other than psychiatric hospitals. Year Number entered training Number completed training and eligible for enrolment 1951 1,966 1952 2,470 1953 2,453 1,136 1954 2,826 1,395 1955 2,598 1,411 1956 2,900 1,487 1957 3,145 1,521 1958 3,691 1,680 1959 4,040 1,932 1960 3,953 2,166 1961 4,243 2,326 1962 5,290 2,355 No pupil nurses were trained in psychiatric hospitals in this period.