Nurses (Hansard, 10 May 1988)

§ 18. Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on recruitment levels at schools of nursing.

§ Mrs. Currie
According to information produced by the English National Board for Nursing, Midwivery and Health Visiting in the year 1986–87, a total of 22,825 people entered basic nurse training. At 31 March 1987, there were 61,009 learners undertaking basic nurse training in England.

§ 33. Mr. Rees
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on recruitment levels at schools of nursing.

§ Mrs. Currie
I refer the right hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing) earlier today.

§ 43. Ms. Abbott
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how he intends to monitor the implementation of the new clinical grading structure for nurses.

§ 53. Mr. Eastham
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how he intends to monitor the implementation of the new clinical grading structure for nurses.

§ Mr. Campbell-Savours
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how he intends to monitor the implementation of the new clinical grading structure for nurses.

§ Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how he intends to monitor the effects of the regrading of clinical nurses.

§ Mr. Newton
I refer the hon. Members to my reply to the hon. Member for Wrexham (Dr. Marek) earlier today.

§ 45. Mr. Evennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received concerning the training of nurses.

§ Mr. Newton
We have received a number of letters from hon. and right hon. Members, and members of the general public, on a variety of issues relating to nurse training. In addition, the chairman of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting wrote on 19 April expressing the council's desire for an early response to its Project 2000 proposals for reform of nurse education and training. We hope to be able to make a response to these proposals shortly.