It will commence from September.
50 additional nursing places have been announced for a midlands university.
Commencing this September, the places will be available, for the BSc (Hons) in General Nursing programme, for CAO and QQI students in Technological University of the Shannon (TUS).
Dr Des Cawley, Head of Department of Nursing and Health at the TUS Athlone campus, confirmed,
“This progress is in line with both the Dept. of Health and the Dept. of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science policies, which have been designed to meet the growing demand for competent health professionals within a modern integrated health system in which nursing plays a pivotal role.”
The Higher Education Authority was tasked by the Department of Further and Higher Education to establish how additional capacity might be provided in healthcare and veterinary medicine.
The report has found that, with investment, an additional 208 doctors, 692 nurses, 196 pharmacists, 63 dentists and 230 vets can be trained annually.
This could result in an increase of more than 5,000 third-level enrolments across all years when rolled out.
President of TUS, Professor Vincent Cunnane, welcomed this initiative by adding,
“The expansion of Nursing at TUS is an important pillar in developing healthcare programmes in line with the strategic plan of TUS.”
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