NMC reports a rise in nurses entering its register
Published
07th Jun 2019

A report published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has shown a rise in the number of nurses and midwifes that have joined the register in the last year. There were 698,237 people on the register on March 31, 2019, an increase of 7,959 (1.2%) from the previous year. There was also a 126% increase in the number of nurses and midwifes from outside of the EU registering for the first time, totalling 6,157.