Question reference: S6W-18033
- Date lodged: 17 May 2023
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 May 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many places for nursing students were provided at Scottish universities in each of the last 16 years.
Answer
The nursing student intake targets by academic year are listed in the following table.
Academic Year | Intake target (excluding OUiS) | OUiS Places | Total Intake | |
2006-07 ( 1) | 3,125 | 3,125 | ||
2007-08 | 3,083 | 3,083 | ||
2008-09 | 2,815 | 25 | 2,840 | |
2009-10 | 2,853 | 23 | 2,876 | |
2010-11 | 2,853 | 23 | 2,876 | |
2011-12 | 2,580 | 20 | 2,600 | |
2012-13 | 2,310 | 20 | 2,330 | |
2013-14 | 2,370 | 20 | 2,390 | |
2014-15 ( 2) | 2,770 | 20 | 2,790 | |
2015-16 | 2,845 | 20 | 2,865 | |
2016-17 | 3,007 | 20 | 3,027 | |
2017-18 ( 3) | 3,149 | 26 | 3,175 | |
2018-19 | 3,462 | 36 | 3,498 | |
2019-20 | 3,656 | 93 | 3,749 | |
2020-21 | 3,834 | 102 | 3,936 | |
2021-22 | 4,052 | 110 | 4,162 | |
2022-23 | 4,413 | 123 | 4,536 |
1. In AY 2006-07 SFC took over responsibility for funding the previously commissioned pre-registration nursing and midwifery education that had been directly funded by the Scottish Executive Health Department. SFC allocated funded places for new cohorts of student only, with the new funding arrangements being embedded in AY 2008-09.
2. From AY 2014-15 the previously non-controlled Honours pre-registration nursing and midwifery provision was made a controlled subject, with intake targets and specific controlled funded places (for new entrants) being allocated to the providers for the first time.
3. From AY 2017-18 SFC no longer allocated funded places for new pre-registration nursing and midwifery students from the rest of the UK following the end of the reciprocal agreement.