Nurses
(asked on 16th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students graduated as registered nurses in each of the years from 2010 to 2014.
The Department does not hold information on the number of students who have graduated as registered nurses.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is responsible for registering nurses. The following table shows the number of nurses who trained in England and registered for the first time with the NMC in each of the last four years.
Number of nurses who trained in England and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council for the first time:
Year | Number of initial registrations from nurses who have trained in England |
1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011 | 14,216 |
1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012 | 13,981 |
1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 | 15,452 |
1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014 | 16,657 |
Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council