Number of nurses registered with NMC from the Greater Manchester region

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Dear Nursing and Midwifery Council,

I have a couple of questions for you and would be obliged if you could answer them or point me in the right direction.
I would like to know how many nurses are registered with yourselves in the Greater Manchester region. If this information could also be provided for Cumbria and Lancashire that would be great but even if you can just provide the Greater manchester data that would be really appreciated.
Secondly, would you know anywhere that would detail the split of social workers between public and private sector.
As mentioned above, any information you can provide or any assitance you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

Carl Tinker

Katherine Szentgyorgyi, Nursing and Midwifery Council

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Dear Mr Tinker,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request below, in which you ask how many nurses are registered with the NMC in the Greater Manchester, Cumbria and Lancashire regions.

I can confirm the following number of nurses on the register for each of the regions below:

Manchester 27951
Cumbria 5270
Lancashire 18753

Please note that these figures are based on current home address postcodes as at 19 September 2011. A breakdown of the postcode prefixes included for each region is as follows:

Manchester
'M1 ','M2 ','M3 ','M4 ','M5 ','M6 ','M7 ','M8 ','M9 ','BL0 ','BL1 ','BL2 ','BL3 ','BL4 ','BL5 ','BL6 ','BL7 ','BL8 ','BL9 ','M11 ','M12 ','M13 ','M14 ','M15 ','M16 ','M17 ','M18 ','M19 ','M20 ','M21 ','M22 ','M23 ','M24 ','M25 ','M26 ','M27 ','M28 ','M29 ','M30 ','M31 ','M32 ','M33 ','M34 ','M35 ','M38 ','M40 ','M41 ','M43 ','M44 ','M45 ','M46 ','M50 ','M60 ','OL1 ','OL2 ','OL3 ','OL4 ','OL5 ','OL6 ','OL7 ','OL8 ','OL9 ','SK1 ','SK2 ','SK3 ','SK4 ','SK5 ','SK6 ','SK7 ','SK8 ','SK9 ','WA3 ','WN1 ','WN2 ','WN3 ','WN4 ','WN5 ','WN6 ','WN7 ','OL10 ','OL11 ','OL12 ','OL15 ','OL16 ','SK10 ','SK14 ','SK15 ','SK16 ','SK17 ','WA13 ','WA14 ','WA15 '

Cumbria
'CA1 ','CA2 ','CA3 ','CA4 ','CA5 ','CA6 ','CA7 ','CA8 ','CA9 ','LA5 ','LA6 ','LA7 ','LA8 ','LA9 ','CA10 ','CA11 ','CA12 ','CA13 ','CA14 ','CA15 ','CA16 ','CA17 ','CA18 ','CA19 ','CA20 ','CA21 ','CA22 ','CA23 ','CA24 ','CA25 ','CA26 ','CA27 ','CA28 ','LA10 ','LA11 ','LA12 ','LA13 ','LA14 ','LA15 ','LA16 ','LA17 ','LA18 ','LA19 ','LA20 ','LA21 ','LA22 ','LA23 '

Lancashire
'BB1 ','BB2 ','BB3 ','BB4 ','BB5 ','BB6 ','BB7 ','BB8 ','BB9 ','FY1 ','FY2 ','FY3 ','FY4 ','FY5 ','FY6 ','FY7 ','FY8 ','L37 ','L39 ','L40 ','LA1 ','LA2 ','LA3 ','LA4 ','LA5 ','LA6 ','PR1 ','PR2 ','PR3 ','PR4 ','PR5 ','PR6 ','PR7 ','PR8 ','PR9 ','WN6 ','WN8 ','BB10 ','BB11 ','BB12 ','BD23 ','OL12 ','OL13 ','OL14 '

I believe that the General Social Care Council may be able to provide you with the information you require about social workers. The website can be accessed at: http://www.gscc.org.uk/.

I have carefully considered your request. However, if you are not satisfied with this response you have the right, under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act, to appeal against this decision. You should submit your appeal within 28 days by writing to:

Dickon Weir-Hughes
Chief Executive and Registar
Nursing & Midwifery Council
23 Portland Place
London W1B 1PZ

Your appeal will be investigated in line with our internal complaints procedure, which is attached. If you are not satisfied with the outcome, you should then submit a letter to the Information Commissioner by writing to:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.

With kind regards,

Katherine Szentgyorgyi
Records and Archives Officer
Records and Archives Team
020 7681 5751

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