§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will tabulate the number of students enrolling and qualifying for each of the grades of qualified nurses for each year from 1982 to 1992, together with the approximate numbers for those years leaving national health service employment for all reasons.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available in the format requested.
§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors her Department has taken into account over the last 10 years in assessing the need for nurse training places; and what were the estimates of the number of trained nurses under the age of 60 years who were(a) no longer nursing in the public sector, (b) nursing in the private sector and (c) not nursing at all in each year from 1982.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe arrangements for education and training of nurses in the national health service are designed to carry forward Government policy that training should be employer led and that it is for employers to determine the work force they require and the training staff need. Regional health authorities calculate the overall demand for training places in consultation with provider units, family health service authorities and the private and voluntary sectors.
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Total number of trained nursing staff (excluding registered midwives and nursing auxiliaries/assistants) in private hospitals, homes and clinics registered under section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984 England Year Total 1982 16,545 1983 18,929 1984 21,363 1985 25,543 1986 30,528 1987–88 37,338 1988–89 42,693 1989–90 47,955 1990–91 55,191 1991–92 60,664 1992–931 65,134 1 Provisional. Source: SD2A; SBH212 return 1982–86;
KO36 return 1987–88–1992–93.
Information is not available in the format requested on training nurses no longer nursing in the public sector. Information on the number of trained nurses under the age of 60 who were not nursing at all is not available centrally.