§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the latest figures for the estimated average cost of training(a) a doctor and (b) a nurse.
§ Mr. NewtonThe universities' cost of five years' medical education was £40,800 per medical student in 81W 1985–86. This cost does not include student support, NHS costs in support of clinical teaching, or any post-graduate education.
The estimated average cost of training a registered general nurse over a three-year course is £12,600. This figure excludes that part of the cost of the trainee's remuneration and other costs estimated to represent the value of the contribution the training makes to patient services.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year since 1979 the total number of(a) doctors and (b) nurses completing basic training courses in the private medical sector.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation is not available in the form requested. We are advised by the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting that during the year ended 31 March 1987, 352 nurses completed basic nurse training in training schools outside the National Health Service, including those who trained in the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Comparable information for earlier years is not readily available. No medical training is provided by the private sector.