Almost half (49 per cent) of all practicing nurses in Ireland in 2022 obtained their first nursing qualification outside of Ireland, according to data released by the Department of Health
There were 20,256 practicing physicians in Ireland in 2021, up 17.6 per cent from 2020. Of these, 53.3 per cent were male, while 35.5 per cent were under 35 years of age. Around 5.9 per cent were aged 65 and over.
In 2022, there was 5,717 pharmacists working in Ireland, an increase of 3.3 per cent from 2021, while the amount of practicing physiotherapists increased by 5.4 per cent to 5,610 from 2021 to 2022. The most common surgical procedure in 2021 was cataract surgery, with 33,348 procedures, where most of these were day cases.
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