To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that nursing training is fully funded by NHS boards. The Executives Health Department’sWhite Paper Partnership for Care sets out our commitment to the trainingand development of qualified staff to Continued Professional Development (CPD) andthe entitlement for training for all other health service staff in Scotland.Each NHSScotland board holdswithin their annual funding allocation a budget for nursing and midwifery post-registrationeducation, and therefore they will be working in partnership with their nursingstaff to ensure that they are supported and encouraged to develop and maintain theirskills.NHS boards, as employers, willwish to ensure that all health care professionals, not just nurses, maintain theirCPD to ensure that they continue to be registered with the relevant registrationbody as fit to practise.