Mr. Win. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether, after the upgrading of Coleraine hospital, there will be facilities for State registered nurse training in that hospital; and if he will give reasons for this.
§ Mr. Carter, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 19 March 1979; Vol. 964, c. 499], gave the following information:
The provision of nurse training in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Council for Nurses and Midwives. When the proposed hospital development at Coleraine has been completed, it will be for the council to decide whether the hospital will be used for the practical training for the general part of the register of nurses. It has already been decided that a new group school of nursing will be built at Antrim and will provide the theoretical training for all nurses under training in the Northern health and social services board's area.