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<p>The number of students who started nursing and midwifery courses over recent years are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of entrants to nursing and midwifery courses in England from 2013/14 to 2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of entry</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of nursing entrants</p></td><td><p>17,568</p></td><td><p>19,147</p></td><td><p>19,949</p></td><td><p>20,888</p></td><td><p>19,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of midwifery entrants</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td><td><p>2,535</p></td><td><p>2,591</p></td><td><p>2,602</p></td><td><p>2,692</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Health Education England, Education Commissioning dataset</p><p> </p><p>The number of trainee doctors that were accepted onto general practitioner (GP) training programmes in England is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total number of trainee doctors accepted onto general practice training programmes in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Entry year</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acceptances to GP training</p></td><td><p>2,671</p></td><td><p>2,769</p></td><td><p>3,019</p></td><td><p>3,157</p></td><td><p>3,473</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: General Practice National Recruitment Office</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>A small minority of those accepted may not have enrolled onto their programme.</p> |