Nurses: Schools

Anne Milton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many qualified school nurses there were in England in each of the last five years;

(2) how many school nurses in England did not have a post-registration qualification in each of the last five years.

Ann Keen
The number of qualified school nurses in England in each of the years requested is given in the following table. Other qualified nurses working in a school environment are also given.

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|Headcount                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |Qualified school nursing nurses|Qualified school nurse1|Other qualified nurses|
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|2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |2,409|856|1,553|
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|2005                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |2,887|943|1,944|
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|2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |2,968|1,129|1,839|
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|2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |3,162|1,227|1,935|
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|2008                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |3,643|1,447|2,196|
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|1 Qualified school nurse: Qualified school nurses hold the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Specialist Practice Qualification with an outcome in school nursing - which is a recordable qualification on the NMC register.Source:The Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce Census.|
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