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NHS: Apprentices

Asked by Andrew PakesLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 4 November 2024UIN 11506

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts use apprenticeship funding to develop their clinical workforce.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Provisional data, published by the Department for Education and covering all apprenticeships, indicates that there were 18,400 NHS apprenticeship starts from 191 NHS employers for the 2023/24 financial year.

'Public sector apprenticeships - aggregate return values by sub-sector' from 'Apprenticeships', Permanent data table - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK

With regards to the number of clinical apprenticeships within NHS Trusts, data is not validated.

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