New reports revealed more than 15,000 nurses left Nigeria for England in eight years

The new data released by UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), has revealed that 15,421 nurses and midwives trained by Nigeria have obtained licenses to be practiced in the UK in eight years, between 2017 and 2025.

According to the council, the number of nurses and midwives who have migrated to Britain from Nigeria ranked as the third highest source of foreign trained nurses in the UK, only came behind the Philippines and India.

In a statement posted on the NMC website which is a nurse and midwife regulatory body in the UK which is burdened with the responsibility to register professionals who meet the requirements and investigate concerns related to nurses, midwives, and nursing partners, stating that September 5. 20.14 Perochonal1, Country1 Peref, Peri 40 Peros.

“A total of 20,671 professionals who are educated outside England joined the NMC Register for the first time for the past year,” NMC said.

“It represented 8,957 (30.2 percent) less than the previous year, which recorded 29,628 new international workers in 12 months until March 2024.

“The decline in international recruitment was observed throughout the country, including the top three: India, the Philippines and Nigeria.

“The number of combinations educated in these three countries fell 36.7 percent, each 47.6 percent and 25.5 percent each, over the past year.

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“In addition, a total of 5,276 international professionals left the register during this period – 33.3 percent (1,317) more than the previous year (3,959).

“What says, it is important to consider data levers in the developing register context – 2.7 percent of the international cohort leaving the register over the past year, which is a marginal increase compared to 2.4 percent of the previous year. Factors may include changes for professionals in the visa of health workers and maintenance.

“There is also a greater emphasis on domestic recruitment in the UK under the long -term workforce plan of NHS. In addition, our data analysis by the Health Foundation found a significant increase in international professionals at the NMC register that seeks to move to other countries, which were withdrawn mainly by prospects for better income potential.

“These professionals are now responsible for one third of the registers (32.5 percent, compared to 30.6 percent on March 31, 2024)

“This makes it more important than before that professionals can practice in an environment that appreciates diversity and handling racism. As professional regulators, we also have the responsibility to provide fair results and positive experiences for everyone in our register, regardless of their background or characteristics.

“This is the first year where more than 50 percent of the new robbers are only 31 years and over, after an increase in gradually from time to time in the proportion of the driving force in this age range.

“This is mainly because a large number of people aged 31-50 joined from outside England (58.3 percent of international combination over the past year).

“However, there is also an increase in the number of people from Britain who joined the profession in the age of three or more recently – in the last six months, 46.5 percent of British workers aged 31 or more, while five years ago the figure was 37 percent,” the council explained.