Table 4

Overseas and domestic registered nurses, April 2004^a
		Training Source^b

SHA name	Total	UK	Intl	%UK	%Intl	%Intl in SHA^c

Norfolk, Suffolk & ambridgeshire	21775	20364	1411	93.5	6.5	4.6
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire	15416	14305	1111	92.8	7.2	3.6
Essex	13976	13200	776	94.5	5.6	2.5
London
North West London	16785	14251	2534	84.9	15.1	8.2
North Central London	11379	10215	1164	89.8	10.2	3.8
North East London	13632	12330	1302	90.5	9.6	4.2
South East London	16384	15093	1291	92.1	7.9	4.2
South West London	14437	13260	1177	91.9	8.2	3.8
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear	14588	14080	508	96.5	3.5	1.7
County Durham & Tees Valley	12147	11867	280	97.7	2.3	0.9
NE Yorkshire & N Lincolnshire	17842	17496	346	98.1	1.9	1.1
West Yorkshire	20594	19569	1025	95.0	5.0	3.3
Cumbria & ancashire	21246	20647	599	97.2	2.8	1.9
Greater Manchester	25279	23882	1397	94.5	5.5	4.5
Cheshire & Merseyside	26948	25758	1190	95.6	4.4	3.9
The Southeast
Thames Valley	20044	18461	1583	92.1	7.9	5.1
Hampshire & Isle of Wight	18370	17355	1015	94.5	5.5	3.3
Kent & Medway	14562	13930	632	95.7	4.3	2.1
Surrey & Sussex	28048	26274	1774	93.7	6.3	5.8
Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire	23765	22178	1587	93.3	6.7	5.2
South West Peninsula	16902	16653	249	98.5	1.5	0.8
Dorset & Somerset	12662	12206	456	96.4	3.6	1.5
South Yorkshire	13355	12916	439	96.7	3.3	1.4
Trent	26817	26049	768	97.1	2.9	2.5
Leics, Northamptonshire & Rutland	15028	14546	482	96.8	3.2	1.6
Shropshire & Staffordshire	16108	15536	572	96.5	3.6	1.9
Birmingham & the Black Country	19620	18348	1272	93.5	6.5	4.1
West Midlands South	15813	15275	538	96.6	3.4	1.8

All London SHAs	72617	65149	7468	89.7	10.3	24.2
Southeast Region	81024	76020	5004	93.8	6.2	16.2
Rest of England	349881	334875	15006	95.7	4.3	48.7
England TOTAL	503522	476044	27478	94.5	5.5	89.2
Wales	33281	32022	1259	96.2	3.8	4.1
Scotland	66817	65935	882	98.7	1.3	2.9
Northern Ireland	21645	20591	1054	95.1	4.9	3.4

^aQualified nurses, midwives and health visitors registered with the NMC in mid-April, 2004, known to reside in the UK. All those residing outside the UK or with unknown postcode are excluded (31154 cases). Counts of registered nurses in the Channel Islands or Isle of Mann are included in UK total, but not assigned to any SHAs or country totals within this table. Note: International refers to registered nurses who trained outside the UK. ^bThe #UK(or foreign)-trained registrants divided by #registrants residing in the SHA. ^cCalculated as #foreign-trained nurses in this SHA divided by total #foreign-trained nurses on the NMC register known to reside in the UK (30,808).
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