This slide deck was prepared for a presentation delivered at a Nursing and Midwifery Council event in London on 30 March 2026. The presentation reports emerging findings from the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register–Census 2021 data linkage project for England and Wales. The linked data resource connects professional registration information from the Nursing and Midwifery Council with Census 2021 information, enabling analysis of the employment status and occupations of registered nurses resident in England and Wales at the time of the Census. The presentation focuses on occupational outcomes among registered nurses, including the distinction between professional registration and observed occupation in Census 2021. It discusses the value of linked administrative and census data for understanding the nursing workforce, workforce retention, clinical practice, and the wider occupational distribution of registered nurses. This presentation is a research and knowledge-exchange output associated with the ADR UK flagship NMC Register–Census 2021 linked data resource project. The underlying linked data are not openly available. Access to the data is governed by secure research access arrangements, statistical disclosure control, and relevant data governance requirements. This record does not contain individual-level data. This presentation was delivered as part of the event “The Potential of Administrative Data to Enhance Our Understanding of the Lives of Nursing and Midwifery Professionals and Its Implications for Workforce Management: Initial Findings from Studies Funded by ADR UK”.
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