§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses completed a training course for the State registered qualification in the last six years in the Royal Masonic, St. Andrew's, Northampton, Cheadle Royal, King Edward VII and Midhurst private hospitals; and how many State registered nurse qualifications were secured after training in National Health Service hospitals during the same period.
§ Dr. VaughanI have made inquiries from the General Nursing Council for England and Wales (GNC) to whom I am grateful for this information. The number of registered nurses admitted to a part of the register held by the GNC in recent years is as follows:
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a. Royal Masonic Hospital State Registered Nurse 1974–75–52 1975–76–47 1976–77–46 1977–78–53 1978–79–50 1979–80–40 These figures may be somewhat deceptive since for several years there has been a combined school of nursing with Roehampton health district and both are channels of recruitment.
b. Cheadle Royal Hospital Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) 1976–77–9 1977–78–8 1978–79–8 1979–80–16 c. St. Andrew's Hospital, Northampton
In terms of training school organisation, this independent psychiatric hospital is part of the Northamptonshire Area School of Nursing. While they recriut learners (22 in post at time of last GNC Inspector's visit in February, 1980), they both send learners to an NHS location for certain experience, and receive learners from an NHS location for certain experience. No separate figures of admission to the RMN register are available for St Andrew's Hospital.
d. King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst
This hospital does not train people for any part of the Register of Nurses.
In respect of the number of state registered nurses admitted to the register of Nurses following training in training schools established entirely within the NHS the numbers for the last six GNC statistical years are:
1974–75 13,795 1975–76 14,320 1976–77 13,301 1977–78 14,297 1978–79 13,489 1979–80 13,986