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England Update June 2017. Katie McGhee England Representative UEA, Norwich. Wonkhe Bsc Nursing Applications Children’s Nursing The Funding Clinic Sustainability and Transformation Plans.
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England UpdateJune 2017 Katie McGhee England Representative UEA, Norwich
Wonkhe • Bsc Nursing Applications • Children’s Nursing • The Funding Clinic • Sustainability and Transformation Plans
WonkheTo improve policy making in higher education and provide a platform for new or previously unheard voices in the sector Who are Higher Education Wonks? • work in and around universities • interested in higher education policy, people and politics Fleur Nielsen Head of Policy at Council of Deans of Health (CoDoH) http://wonkhe.com/blogs/comment-no-panic-fall-nursing-applications/
BSc Nursing Applications UCAS Nursing Applications for England 2017 23% decline (UCAS, 24.3.17) Understanding the dip • Expected first year of funding reforms • Reduced EU applicants and negative NHS press coverage • Reduced applicants from older age-groups
Children’s Nursing Applications No national statistic currently Vulnerability • Oversubscribed courses with high quality applications • Risk to other fields of nursing from mature applicants reduction Work to do • DoH to promote healthcare careers and publicise graduate employability • Programme sustainability vs expansion -10,000 more places by 2020 • Reliant on work-based learning – who will fund and organise in 2018?
The Funding Clinichttps://thefundingclinic.org.uk/ Funding information for studying nursing, midwifery or the allied health professions in England (CoDoH 2017)
Sustainability and Transformation Plans(STPs)www.kingsfund.org.uk/topics/integrated-care/sustainability-transformation-plans-explained NHS spending and integration with social care and local authority services 1. Quality and developing new models of care 2. Health and wellbeing 3. Efficiency of services