Data Insight - Linking Nursing and Midwifery Council registration data to Census 2021 for England and Wales: a new data resource for health workforce research.
Category: Data Insights
1 July 2026
ADR Scotland in collaboration with ONS, have linked the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register to Census 2021 for England and Wales.
This resource links a near-complete professional register with census measures of social, household, employment, health, disability and geographic context.
It was created to support population-scale research on recruitment, retention, workforce participation, health, and inequality among nurses, midwives and nursing associates.