Table 3

Newly registered overseas nursesa
Country
 98/99
 99/00
 00/01
 01/02
 02/03
Philippines
 52
 1052
 3396
 7235
 5593
South Africa
 599
 1460
 1086
 2114
 1368
India
 30
 96
 289
 994
 1830
Australia
 1335
 1209
 1046
 1342
 920
New Zealand
 527
 461
 393
 443
 282
Canada
 196
 130
 89
 79
 52
USA
 139
 168
 147
 122
 88
West Indies
 221
 425
 261
 248
 208
Pakistan
 3
 13
 44
 207
 172
Malaysia
 6
 52
 34
 33
 27
Singapore
 13
 47
 48
 43
 25
Nigeria
 179
 208
 347
 432
 509
Zimbabwe
 52
 221
 382
 473
 485
Ghana
 40
 74
 140
 195
 251
Kenya
 19
 29
 50
 155
 152
Zambia
 15
 40
 88
 183
 133
Mauritius
 6
 15
 41
 62
 59
Malawi
 1
 15
 45
 75
 57
Botswana
 4
 0
 87
 100
 39
Otherb
 0
 0
 0
 0
 131






Top25 Total
 3437
 5715
 8013
 14535
 12381
Total foreign-trained
 4891
 7383
 9709
 16155
 13629
Total UK-trained
 12974
 14035
 15433
 14538
 18048
Total new registrants
 17865
 21418
 25142
 30693
 31677






%Overseas from Philippines
 1
 14
 35
 45
 41
%Overseas from Top25
 70
 77
 83
 90
 91
%New registrants from overseas
 27
 34
 39
 53
 43

aCounts of newly registered trained nurses and midwives provided by the Nursing and Midwifery Council based on their register of qualified nurses and midwives. Based on the top 25 non-EU foreign source countries only (top panel); middle and lower sections include counts of all newly registered nurses. Data obtained from NMC and [5].

bIncludes 23 each from Poland and Sri Lanka; 22 each from the Czech Republic and Saudi Arabia; 21 from Nepal and 20 from Japan in 2002/03.

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