From: International nurse recruitment and NHS vacancies: a cross-sectional analysis
Country | 98/99 | 99/00 | 00/01 | 01/02 | 02/03 |
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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 |