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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ringfence Multi-Professional Education and Training (MPET) funding given to strategic health authorities to provide nurse training and to support the Nursing Times Time Out For Training campaign. More details
Submitted by Nursing Times of Emap – Deadline to sign up by: 27 July 2008 – Signatures: 1,167
Since 2005/6 Strategic Health Authorities have diverted more than £500m away from MPET budgets to pay for other services and plug financial deficits.
Both mandatory and non-mandatory post-registration nurse training have been severely reduced across the country as a result.
The situation continues, putting nurses’ career progression and patient safety at risk.
The Nursing Times Time Out For Training Campaign urges the Prime Minister to ringfence post-registration nurse training funds to stop SHAs spending the money elsewhere.
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