HC Deb 20 July 1998 vol 316 cc408-9W
Mrs. Brinton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list, by health authority, the number of nurses waiting for a place on the ENB family planning course; [48966]

(2) if he will list, by health authority, the number of places available for nurses to take the ENB family planning course. [48967]

Mr. Milburn

The information requested for the number of nurses waiting for a place on the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting family planning course is not collected centrally in the format requested.

There are currently 3,952 approved places per annum on education programmes in family planning and reproductive sexual health. This is broken down by region as follows:

Region Number
Anglia and Oxford 407
Northern and Yorkshire 550
North Thames 715
South Thames 607
North West 330
South and West 428
Trent 560
West Midlands 355

Source

English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting