Nursing in Spain is regulated by the General Council of Official Associations of Nursing (Organización Colegial de Enfermería).

Migration

Nurses and health visitors in Spain are required to accumulate points to demonstrate the accumulation of experience to the regulator. Within the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

points can be accumulated from experience in other EU countries, but

Brexit Brexit (; a portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).The UK also left the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or ...

would mean that experience in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

would no longer count. As a result it appeared in early 2019 that Spanish nurses, where 3,370 were working in the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

, were leaving the UK and returning to Spain or moving to Ireland. In 2015 there was a big and successful recruitment exercise for the NHS in Spain, although there were issues connected to the command of English language.

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Migration

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