Student nurses currently receive a bursary from the government to support them during their nurse training.

In particular the notion that nurse training is for the young and for women only must be dispelled; no mean task.

Have specific steps been taken to attract men and "mature" women to nurse training?

Does the health authority apply unnecessary restrictions on potential recruits to nurse training?

Does the health authority have any provision to assist young people to acquire the necessary academic qualifications for entry to nurse training?

Clearly there is room to increase these numbers by emphasising that nurse training is not only for young women.

These questions may lead the reader to believe that the plans for nurse training should be centred on the needs of the service.

During this time Thomas finished two years of nurse training, but later left her schooling in order to focus on her bodybuilding career.

Instead of expanding nurse training, colleges are planning a substantial reduction in intakes.

Kay entered nurse training at the same hospital at the age of 17 on June 1, 1944.