Monday 11 May 2020

International Nurses Day- some social science data



Every 12th May, the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale- international nurses day is celebrated. Now more than ever we all recognise the value of nursing care.

Here are some links to information the nursing workforce worldwide.


For England there are regular monthly nursing force statistics issued by the NHS for full time equivalent (FTE) NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) staff groups working in NHS Trusts

There is also a factsheet by ethnicity of staff for January 2020

WHO Europe has data on staff in European nations.It includes information on numbers training and wages.

OECD Data number of nurses per 1000 inhabitants
world bank

World Bank has a similar data for nurses and midwives with a larger spread of countries worldwide.

Global Health observatory of the WHO has data on the Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (total number per 10 000 population,

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