Government ‘reneging on promise to fund 10,000 extra nursing places’ Scrapping nursing bursaries was supposed to expand training places – but that pledge has been quietly dropped, universities say
Universities are warning that the government is quietly reneging on its promise to provide 10,000 new nursing degree places, intended to relieve pressure on the NHS.
Student nurses must spend 50% of their degree working under supervision, usually in a hospital. But universities have told Education Guardian that not a single extra nursing training place has been funded or allocated for the future. It would cost £15m over five years to fund training placements for 10,000 new nurses, according to the Council of Deans of Health, the body that represents university faculties of nursing. Continue reading... The Guardian
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