§ Ms Janet AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the numbers of entrants to initial pre-registration nursing education by course of study and by the academic qualifications possessed by entrants in each year since 1989.
§ Mr. AncramThe information is as follows:
Number of students who commenced training Part of register 1988–89 1989–90 Part 1 (general nursing) 708 671 Part 3 (medical health nursing) 186 176 Part 5 (mental handicap nursing) 58 54 Part 8 (children's nursing) 10 18 Part 1-degree 20 22 Part 1-part 8 56 46 Total 1,038 987
Part of register Number of students who commenced training 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Part 1 (General Nursing) 409 180 150 Part 1/Degree 27 32 — Part 3 (Mental Health Nursing) 94 61 27 Part 5 (Mental Handicap Nursing) 12 34 22 Part 8 (Children's Nursing) 23 12 — Part 12 (Adult Nursing—P2000) 217 429 461 Part 13 (Mental Health Nursing: P2000) 36 94 79 Part 14 (Mental Handicap Nursing: P2000) 18 43 34 Part 15 (Children's Nursing: P2000) 16 30 49 Part 12/Degree — — 32 Total 852 915 854 It is not possible without undertaking a detailed manual exercise to provide details of the academic qualifications possessed by entrants in each year. However, the minimum entry requirements are five GCSE or GCE O-level grades or equivalent.
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§ Mr. AncramDetails of the number of whole-time equivalent nursing and midwifery staff are as follows: