§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many students are currently enrolled on courses leading to recognised qualifications for health visitors;
(2) what is the annual intake of new students on to courses leading to recognised qualifications for health visitors.
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§ Mr. BrookeNine hundred and seventy five students were enrolled on such courses at the start of the academic year 1983–84. The annual student intake figure is broadly the same.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total annual cost to Her Majesty's Government of the training of health visitors.
§ Mr. BrookeIt is estimated that the total cost of health visitor courses at public sector higher education institutions in England will be of the order of £2.1 million in 1984–85. A small number of universities also offer health visitor provision, sometimes as one element in degree courses, but there is no ready means of estimating the aggregate cost. Records of the cost of supporting students on health visitor courses are not kept centrally.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which institutions currently run courses leading to recognised qualifications for health visitors.
§ Mr. BrookeThe English institutions offering such courses are as follows:
Institutions offering 1 year Post-Registration health visitor courses
- Birmingham polytechnic
- Bolton institute
- Brighton polytechnic
- Bristol polytechnic
- Bulmershe college
- Coventry (Lanchester) polytechnic
- Croydon college
- New college Durham
- Gloucestershire college of art and technology
- Huddersfield polytechnic
- University of Hull
- University of Keele
- University of Leeds
- Leicester polytechnic
- University of Liverpool
- North East London polytechnic
- North East Surrey college
- Polytechnic of North London
- Polytechnic of South Bank
- West London institute
- Manchester polytechnic
- Mid-Kent college
- Nene college
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne polytechnic
- Oxford polytechnic
- Plymouth polytechnic
- Preston polytechnic
- Sheffield polytechnic
- Southampton university
- Stevenage college
- Suffolk college
- Surrey university
- Teesside polytechnic
- Trent polytechnic
- Wolverhampton polytechnic
Institutions offering other recognised health visitor courses
- University of Leeds
- Polytechnic of the South Bank
- University of Southampton
- University of Manchester
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to increase provision for training for health visitors.
§ Mr. BrookeNo. It is primarily for Health authorities to state a need for increased provision; the education system will then respond.