Nurse training places to rise in Wales

摘要

The number of nurse training places in Wales is to be increased by 10% in 2016-17, as part of an £85m investment package, the Welsh Government has announced. Health and social services minister Mark Drakeford said nurse training places would rise by 135 in 2016-17 to 1,418, an increase of 10%, in addition to a 22% increase during the current financial year 2015-16. The £85m investment package also includes an increase of more than 10% in physiotherapy and diagnostic radiography training places, and a 5% rise in therapeutic radiographers. Spending on the development of healthcare support workers will increase to £1.5m.