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Gething announces £95m investment for healthcare education
Wales Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has announced the government is investing £95 million of funding to support nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers and a range of health science training opportunities.
The funding is aimed at enabling more than 3000 new students to join those already studying healthcare education programmes across Wales. It will also provide an additional £500,000 to support community healthcare such as advanced practice, education and extended skills training to support primary care clusters.
The funding package will increase practice nurse and district nurse education as well as audiology training places within primary and community settings. This will provide vital funding for community services and will ensure many more patients can be cared for closer to home, rather than in hospital.
Commenting on the investment, Gething said: “We rely on the skills, knowledge and experience of those providing the care in the NHS on a daily basis. This includes nurses and paramedics as well as those behind the scenes, who provide vital support services such as laboratory tests to enable diagnoses to be made and “treatment to be provided.
“Education and training is fundamental to ensuring the sustainability of our workforce.
“This £95 million investment will ensure that our healthcare professionals are able to provide high quality care now and in the future and that patients’ will be able to receive care closer to home.“
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