The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has grown by 15,000 members since March 2020.
The NMC register, the annual registration data report, showed that the number of people on its permanent register has grown by 15,311 to an overall total of 731,918. This included 11,673 more nurses, 1,152 more midwives and 2,660 more nursing associates.
The register also highlighted the number of people whose initial registration was in the UK has increased by 8,421 over the past 12 months, although the rate of growth has slowed compared with previous years.
Andrea Sutcliffe, chief executive and registrar at NMC, commented, “Our register shows welcome and much needed positive UK growth overall. The pandemic has driven a surge of interest in our wonderful professions. It’s now the responsibility for all of us as leaders across the health and care system to heed the underlying pressures and work together to develop, support and sustain the nursing and midwifery workforce to cope with the future challenges ahead.”
