§ Dr. MurrisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of student nurses who enrolled for courses in(a) general nursing, (b) paediatric nursing, (c) midwifery and (d) psychiatric nursing successfully completed their course in each year since 1973. [148647]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation for England on the percentage of pre-registration student nurses who have completed their course is shown in the following table. Data is not held before the 1994–95 financial year and has not been collected since October 2001. It is therefore only accurate for cohorts up to 1997–98, most students on subsequent cohorts had not completed courses by October 2001.
Pre-registration student nurses who have completed their course Percentage Percentage Year of cohort
Midwifery Adult Mental health
Learning disability
Child 1994–95 75.27 78.18 76.51 70.73 77.43 1995–96 78.13 76.67 74.14 72.67 74.31 1996–97 73.48 75.32 73.05 67.59 74.29 1997–98 74.33 72.27 70.31 65.28 70.42 Note:
This data is based on a snapshot in time of a particular cohort(s) and therefore each year there will still be students who have yet to complete their course.
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§ Dr. MurrisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the drop-out rate was in England for student nurses studying(a) general nursing, (b) paediatric nursing, (c) midwifery and (d) psychiatric nursing in each year since 1973. [148648]
§ Mr. HuttonMost recent information for England on the percentage of pre-registration student nurses who have left their course is shown in the table. Data is not held before the 1994–95 financial year.
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Pre-registration student nurses who have left their course Percentage Midwifery Adult Mental health
Learning disability
Child 1994–95 22.08 18.87 19.91 25.64 19.66 1995–96 17.43 17.75 20.56 20.29 19.46 1996–97 21.84 18.91 19.58 24.44 20.05 1997–98 18.23 18.82 20.05 21.67 21.95 1998–99 17.17 17.61 16.18 19.74 16.99 1999–2000 14.59 12.45 12.63 14.6 15.86 2000–01 6.7 5.98 6.47 6.48 6.75 Note:
This data is based on a snapshot in time of a particular cohort(s) and therefore each year there will still be students who have yet to complete their course. The last data collection was October 2001 so the attrition rate for the later cohorts is incomplete.