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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 9 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 May 2016 (named day). It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 May 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Schools: Nurses

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of rising school rolls on the number of school nurse training places required.

Answer

In April 2014, Public Health England and the Department published guidance to commissioners for services to school aged children, Maximising the school nursing team contribution to the public health of school-aged children.

Each year Health Education England (HEE) provide local and national forecasts of the supply that will arise over the next five years and use these forecasts to discuss with stakeholders whether this supply will match the system's view of future demand including the extent to which any current shortages will be addressed. This analysis and discussion is then used to identify whether any changes are required to the volumes of training commissioned by HEE.

Consideration of the impact of rising school rolls will feed into HEE’s planning, though the final training settlement for 2017/18 is under negotiation.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
36918
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Nurses Schools Training
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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