Nursing and midwifery register grows and becomes more ethnically diverse

Nursing and midwifery register grows and becomes more ethnically diverse The number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates on the NMC register has grown by nearly two percent to a record 771,445. This growth is being driven in large part by the number of internationally educated joiners, which continues to rise at a much faster rate than UK joiners.

A total of 11,496 international professionals joined the NMC register for the first time between April and September. That’s 4.9 percent more than in the same period last year (10,961) and nearly four times more than in the six months to September 2018 (3,208). Nursing and Midwifery Council