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Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 12 December 2024, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 December 2024. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Friday, 20 December 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Nurses: Training

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many student nurses completed their training as a registered nurse in each year from 2018 to 2023.

Answer

The Higher Education Statistics Agency publishes data on the number of students qualifying from higher education courses in the United Kingdom, and this includes information on a broad ranges of undergraduate nursing courses. The published data is not detailed enough to allow for the reliable identification of all students completing courses which specifically lead to registered nursing status.

As a proxy for the number of students completing nursing courses each year, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) publishes information on the number of UK trained nurses joining their register for the first time, who are resident in England. The following table shows the number of UK trained nurses joining the NMC register in England for the first time, each financial year from 2018/19 to 2023/24:

Year

Number of UK qualified registered nurses joining the NMC register for the first time

2018/19

16,726

2019/20

17,503

2020/21

15,083

2021/22

15,132

2022/23

16,420

2023/24

18,478

Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council, March 2024 Annual Data Report

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3467
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Nurses Training
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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