Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) mental health nurses and (b) learning disability nurses are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council; and how many of those nurses were newly registered in the years (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020 and 2021.
The following table shows the number of mental health and learning disability nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the 12 months to September of each year.
Year | Mental health nurses | Learning disability nurses |
September 2018 | 88,980 | 17,311 |
September 2019 | 89,831 | 17,383 |
September 2020 | 91,215 | 17,494 |
September 2021 | 92,107 | 17,288 |
Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Note:
These figures show the total number of registered mental health and learning disability nurses at the end of each year. This includes newly registered nurses in each field, those returning to practice less those who have left. It should also be noted that some professionals are registered in more than one field and therefore some of these nurses may also be registered adult or children’s nurses.
The following table shows the number of initial registrations in the field of practice of mental health and learning disabilities by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the 12 months to September of each year.
Year | Mental health | Learning disabilities |
September 2018 | 3,396 | 627 |
September 2019 | 3,695 | 640 |
September 2020 | 3,827 | 670 |
September 2021 | 3,694 | 451 |
Total | 14,612 | 2,388 |
Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Notes:
The data on numbers of initial registrations in the requested fields of practice does not include those who add either field of practice as a subsequent registration. If they have initially registered in another field such as adult or children’s services, it will not be recorded in this data will not demonstrate this. However, the total numbers of people in all these fields are shown in the total column.