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Nurse Migration Project (NMP)


The Nurse Migration Project (2006-2010) was a HRB funded project (RP/2006/222) conducted by an RCSI based research team consisting of Dr. Niamh Humphries, Professor Ruairí Brugha and Professor Hannah McGee. Findings from the Nurse Migration Project;
  • Demonstrated the extent to which Ireland was reliant upon non-EU migrant nurses to meet staff it’s health system - between 2000 and 2009, 38% of nurses newly registered in Ireland came from outside the EU
  • Highlighted the fact that this dependence on non-EU migrant nurses indicated an inability to supply enough nurses to meet demand
  • Drew attention to the fact that Ireland needed better data on its nursing workforce in order to plan for the future
  • Developed a profile of non-EU migrant nurses working in Ireland, providing policy makers with demographic information, insights into their prior nursing experience and qualifications, information on their career progression and overall experience in Ireland
  • Revealed that only one in five migrant nurses intended to remain in Ireland in the long-term
  • The Nurse Migration Project focussed attention on the migrant health workers who make a substantial contribution to the Irish health system
All journal articles and policy briefs to emerge from the Nurse Migration project are available here.