Health Professions: EU Nationals
(asked on 21st March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) midwives from other EU member states were registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in each month in the last five years.
The information requested is not held by the Department.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, has provided the following attached information on the number of registered nurses and midwives from other European Union member states, not all of whom work as nurses or midwives in the National Health Service, in each month in the last five years.
NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. Nationality is self-reported within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.
| EU27 Nurses & Health Visitors | % of all Staff | EU27 Midwives | % of all Staff |
June 2016 | 21,826 | 6.9% | 1,380 | 5.3% |
September 2016 | 22,227 | 7.0% | 1,355 | 5.3% |
EU27 = EU member states excluding the United Kingdom
The number of EU nurses increased in the three months subsequent to the referendum by 401. The share of NHS nurses who are EU nationals increased from 6.9% to 7.0%.
The number of EU midwives decreased by 25 between June and September 2016. This reduction is in keeping with an overall reduction in the number of midwives which is apparent every year over these months and reflects the normal training and recruitment cycle. The proportion of midwives who are EU nationals remained constant at 5.3%.