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(View all Lord Willis of Knaresborough's DHSC questions)The Higher Education Statistics Agency publishes data on the number of students qualifying from higher education courses in the United Kingdom, and this includes information on a broad ranges of undergraduate nursing courses. The published data is not detailed enough to allow for the reliable identification of all students completing courses which specifically lead to registered nursing status.
As a proxy for the number of students completing nursing courses each year, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) publishes information on the number of UK trained nurses joining their register for the first time, who are resident in England. The following table shows the number of UK trained nurses joining the NMC register in England for the first time, each financial year from 2018/19 to 2023/24:
Year | Number of UK qualified registered nurses joining the NMC register for the first time |
2018/19 | 16,726 |
2019/20 | 17,503 |
2020/21 | 15,083 |
2021/22 | 15,132 |
2022/23 | 16,420 |
2023/24 | 18,478 |
Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council, March 2024 Annual Data Report
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold the information requested. Whilst the Higher Education Statistics Agency publishes data on the number of students completing higher education courses in the United Kingdom, it does not publish data in a detailed enough way to allow for the identification of nursing associates completing subsequent registered nursing training.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council publishes information on their register, including the number of nursing associates across the UK who have added nursing or midwifery registration status. The following table shows the number of nursing associates adding nursing or midwifery register status, in each of the last five financial years:
Year | Nursing associates adding nursing or midwifery registration |
2019/20 | 0 |
2020/21 | 52 |
2021/22 | 120 |
2022/23 | 585 |
2023/24 | 1,571 |
Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council, March 2024 Annual Data Report.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold the information requested. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) publishes the number of United Kingdom trained nursing associates joining their register for the first time in England, which will be a close proxy for the number completing training. The following table shows the number of UK trained nursing associates joining the NMC register in England for the first time, in each if the last six financial years:
Year | Number of UK trained nursing associates joining the NMC register for the first time |
2018/19 | 485 |
2019/20 | 1,182 |
2020/21 | 2,708 |
2021/22 | 2,743 |
2022/23 | 3,166 |
2023/24 | 3,343 |
Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council, March 2024 Annual Data Report.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)