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Nurses: Training

Commons · Question 6229 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2899 on Nurses: Training, what steps he is taking to promote the merits of nursing as a career.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Oct 2024

To remove the barriers to training in clinical roles, eligible students receive a non-repayable grant of £5,000 a year, with additional incentives for priority specialisms, such as mental health nursing.The National Health Service has a long-established c...