Trends of cross-border mobility of physicians and nurses between Portugal and Spain

Table 2 Number of nurses in Portugal, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011

Nurses ( n)	2003	2007	2008	2010	2011
Total registered	43.978	50.955	56.859	62.566	64.535
Foreign nurses registered	2.298	2.135	2.037	2.005	1958
Spanish nurses registered	1.815	1.362	1.232	1.154	1133
Total nurses in NHS	35.310 [2]	38.260 [2]	38.561 [2]	39.522 [6]	39.686 [6]
Spanish nurses in NHS	1.427 [2]	413 [2]	319 [2]	310 [7]	NA

Detailed description: this table shows the number of nurses registered in Portugal, total, foreign and Spanish, total and Spanish nurses working in the Portuguese NHS, 2003, 2007, 2008 2010, and 2011.
NA, not available; NHS, National Health Service.
Sources: Nursing Council and references number [2, 6, 7].

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