The Register
As of August 2005, the NMC register split into three parts: nurses, midwives and specialist public health nurses. Previously, it only contained 15 "sub-parts", a list of which can be viewed here
According to the NMC, there are 676,547 registered nurses on the register, as at 31 March 2008 (latest published data). Of these:
- Over 10% of registrants are male.
- Over 53% are on part 1 of the register (Adult).
- Over 60% are under the age of 40.
- There are only two male School nurses registered with the NMC.
- There are 132 male midwives on the register
Read more about this topic: Nursing In The United Kingdom
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