Number of nurses registered in UK hits record high
Some 748,528 nurses are now registered to work in the UK.
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Some 748,528 nurses are now registered to work in the UK.
There are a record 808,488 nurses, midwives and nursing associates eligible to practise in the UK, according to new data released by the NMC.
It marks the largest ever sustained growth in the NHS nursing workforce, with the expanded workforce delivering hundreds of thousands of extra appointments
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The high numbers were partly accounted for by the fact just over half (15,067) of these new joiners were educated in the UK.