§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the present cost to public expenditure of the complete training of a doctor, a nurse, a midwife, a radiographer, a dentist, a chiropodist and all other specialities registered as professions supplementary to medicine.
§ Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg:With respect to the cost of training doctors, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Crewe on 23 July 1982—[Official Report, Vol. 28, c. 326‥]
With respect to the cost of training nurses and midwives employed by health authorities it is not possible to distinguish precisely between training on the one hand, and service given to health authorities on the other. The approximate average cost of the training element of the two-year (SEN) and three-year (SRN) courses and the additional cost of training as a midwife, after completing the SRN course, is, however, estimated at 1980/82 out-turn prices, as £5,500, £8,500 and £5,500 respectively.
At 1981–81 outturn prices the average net recurrent cost of training a dentist to registration level is approximately £30,000.
Figures are not held centrally on the costs of training radiographers, chiropodists or other members of the professions supplementary to medicine.