An increase in training places for nurses in the West Midlands has been welcomed by Midlands MP John Spellar, but he has demanded more progress.
John Spellar MP said:-
“At last Health Education England have woken up and realised the absurdity of recruiting nurses from abroad while cutting training places here in the West Midlands. They now need to go further and create more places. I am sure the new hospital in Smethwick will be ready to play this next in providing career opportunities for local kids.”
Note:
The Department of Health has provided the following answer to John Spellar’s written parliamentary question (21359):
Question:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing training places were provided in each region in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many such places he expects to be provided in the current year. (21359)
Tabled on: 06 January 2016
Answer:
Ben Gummer:
The following table details the number of nurse training places available in each of the Health Education England local team areas in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years.
|
Available nurse training places |
||
|
Local Team |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
|
East of England |
1,783 |
2,015 |
|
East Midlands |
1,651 |
1,661 |
|
Kent, Surrey and Sussex |
1,126 |
1,209 |
|
North, Central and Eastern London |
1,191 |
1,280 |
|
North East |
1,105 |
1,089 |
|
North West |
3,256 |
3,322 |
|
North West London |
820 |
917 |
|
South London |
1,138 |
1,171 |
|
South West |
1,441 |
1,432 |
|
Thames Valley |
768 |
795 |
|
West Midlands |
2,157 |
2,342 |
|
Wessex |
941 |
1,011 |
|
Yorkshire and Humber |
2,010 |
2,059 |
|
Sum of local teams |
19,387 |
20,303 |
Source: Multi-professional education and training budget monitoring returns
The answer was submitted on 15 Jan 2016 at 12:18.