# How many nurses are registered UK: Regulator Register Series

> The Regulator Register Series carries 6 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 1.70 to 21 percent, read 12 October 2026.

Revalidation Tracker · https://revalidationtracker.co.uk/datasets/regulator-register-series/ · computed 2026-10-18

**Range of the published figures:** 1.7 to 21 % (range 1.7 to 21 %; 6 published figures; 2 of 12 sources read publish one).

2 of the 12 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

## By measure

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| measure gdc-register-growth | 4.7 % | 4.7 to 4.7 % | 1 |
| measure dentist-register-growth | 3.4 % | 3.4 to 3.4 % | 1 |
| measure dental-nurse-register-growth | 5.4 % | 5.4 to 5.4 % | 1 |
| measure dental-therapist-register-growth | 21 % | 21 to 21 % | 1 |
| measure nmc-register-growth | 1.7 % | 1.7 to 1.7 % | 1 |
| measure uk-educated-joiner-change | 4.9 % | 4.9 to 4.9 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time) | 21 % | dental-therapist-register-growth | 2026-10-12 |
| [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time) | 5.4 % | dental-nurse-register-growth | 2026-10-12 |
| [NMC registration data reports](https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/) | 4.9 % | uk-educated-joiner-change | 2026-10-12 |
| [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time) | 4.7 % | gdc-register-growth | 2026-10-12 |
| [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time) | 3.4 % | dentist-register-growth | 2026-10-12 |
| [NMC registration data reports](https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/) | 1.7 % | nmc-register-growth | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (6)

- [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time), read 2026-10-12: "The number of registered dental therapists grew by 21% to 8,661, while the number of dental hygienists increased by 11% to 11,292; and 71% (1,044) of new dental therapist registrations and 55% (591) of dental hygienist registrations were from internationally qualified dentists who joined the register with DCP titles, a route that has now closed."
- [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time), read 2026-10-12: "The number of dental nurses increased by 6,473 (5.4%) to 68,472."
- [NMC registration data reports](https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/), read 2026-10-12: "The number of UK-educated professionals joining the Register also fell by 4.9% compared to the same time last year, contributing to the slower growth."
- [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time), read 2026-10-12: "We have today published our annual Registration Statistical Report for 2025, showing a 4.7% increase in the number of registered dental professionals in the UK over the past year."
- [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time), read 2026-10-12: "The number of dentists increased by 3.4% to 47,916, and dental care professionals (DCP) by 5.5% to 83,764."
- [NMC registration data reports](https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/), read 2026-10-12: "However, the rate of growth of the Register has almost halved – between April 2025 and March 2026 the Register grew by just 1.7% compared to 3.3% between April 2024 and March 2025."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [HCPC: the Register](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/data/the-register/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HCPC: register summary](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/data/the-register/register-summary/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HCPC: register over time](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/data/the-register/register-over-time/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HCPC: registrant data and statistics](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/about-us/insights-and-data/the-register/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GMC data explorer](https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-we-do-and-why/data-and-research/gmc-data-explorer), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GMC: our registers](https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/our-registers), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GPhC registers data](https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/about-us/publications-and-insights/research-data-and-insights/gphc-registers-data), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GPhC registers](https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/registers), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GDC: dental professionals' working patterns data](https://www.gdc-uk.org/about-us/our-organisation/reports/working-patterns-data), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [GOsC news and resources (the register and CPD reports)](https://www.osteopathy.org.uk/news-and-resources/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 12 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 6 figures, never sentences; 16 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per regulator per publication date: registrants on the register, joiners, leavers and (where the regulator publishes it) the share audited or revalidated, taken from the regulator's own data report; the derivation is the series across regulators on one axis - registrants per regulator over time and the leaver rate - which lets a page say how many registrants are due to revalidate in a given month, a figure no regulator publishes because each publishes only its own

## Sources

- [NMC registration data reports](https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HCPC: the Register](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/data/the-register/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HCPC: register summary](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/data/the-register/register-summary/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HCPC: register over time](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/data/the-register/register-over-time/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HCPC: registrant data and statistics](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/about-us/insights-and-data/the-register/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GMC data explorer](https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-we-do-and-why/data-and-research/gmc-data-explorer) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GMC: our registers](https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/our-registers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GPhC registers data](https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/about-us/publications-and-insights/research-data-and-insights/gphc-registers-data) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GPhC registers](https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/registers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GDC: dental professionals' working patterns data](https://www.gdc-uk.org/about-us/our-organisation/reports/working-patterns-data) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GDC: annual Registration Statistical Report 2025 announcement](https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2026/05/07/internationally-qualified-dentists-outnumber-uk-qualified-dentists-joining-gdc-register-for-first-time) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOsC news and resources (the register and CPD reports)](https://www.osteopathy.org.uk/news-and-resources/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Regulator Register Series carries 6 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 1.70 to 21 percent, read 12 October 2026.
- 2 of the 12 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- Regulator Register Series, measure gdc-register-growth: median 4.70 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Regulator Register Series, measure dentist-register-growth: median 3.40 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Regulator Register Series, measure dental-nurse-register-growth: median 5.40 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Regulator Register Series, measure dental-therapist-register-growth: median 21 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Regulator Register Series, measure nmc-register-growth: median 1.70 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Regulator Register Series, measure uk-educated-joiner-change: median 4.90 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

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