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Learning Disability: Nurses

Question for Department of Health

UIN HL1258, tabled on 17 July 2014

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many learning disability nurses have been trained in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

Answered on

29 July 2014

The following table shows the number of new learning disability nurse training places that were filled in the last five years in England. The Department in England does not collect this information for the rest of the United Kingdom.

The table includes the students enrolled on both the degree and diploma courses.

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Learning disability nurse trainees

723

642

574

618

603

Source: Multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns

Interests declared
The Member has declared that they have interests which may be relevant to the subject matter of this question.