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Written question asked by Baroness Jowell (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 November 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 December 2016. It was answered by Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 December 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Nurses: Training

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answers by Lord Prior of Brampton on 22 November (HL Deb, cols 1831–2), how many of the additional 40,000 nurses will be employed by agencies.

Answer

As set out by Health Education England in its Workforce Plan for England: Proposed Education and Training Commissions for 2016/2017, an increase in available supply of between 3,000 and 40,000 nurses (adult, children’s, mental health and learning disability nurses) is forecast by 2020 compared with 2015. A copy of the Plan is attached.

No estimate has been made of how many of these nurses will choose to be employed by agencies. However the Government’s agency controls are already moving staff back to substantive and bank roles.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3483
Session
2016-17
Attachment
HEE Workforce Plan For England
Related items
Nurses: Training
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Oral questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Nurses Training
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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