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Joint letter to the professions this winter
Published on 19 December 2024
Read our joint letter with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, the General Medical Council, the CNO for England, the General Pharmaceutical Council and th
New data reveals areas of nursing and midwifery practice of most concern to public and employers
Published on 12 December 2024
Fitness to Practise insights
Independent report finds varied learning experiences for nursing & midwifery students
Published on 04 December 2024
A review of practice learning requirements for nursing and midwifery students has revealed varied learning experiences and supervision, and calls for action to
Nursing and midwifery register grows but pace of international nurse recruitment slows
Published on 02 December 2024
Read our latest mid-year data report
NMC responds to CQC national maternity survey 2024
Published on 28 November 2024
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today (28 November 2024) published its latest national maternity survey.
Paul Rees MBE appointed NMC Interim Chief Executive and Registrar
Published on 18 November 2024
Healthcare leader Paul Rees MBE will oversee the establishment of the NMC’s culture and performance, as the regulator’s new Interim Chief Executive and Registra
Advanced practice regulation must address needs of international professionals
Published on 14 November 2024
A comprehensive study released today by the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF), and commissioned by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), shows that advan
NMC launches search for next Chair of Council
Published on 29 October 2024
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched the process to find the next Chair of the Council. We are looking for an outstanding, strategic senior lead
Trawsnewid ein diwylliant a gwella’r ffordd rydym yn rheoleiddio
Published on 29 October 2024
Rydym yn chwilio am Gadeirydd nesaf y Cyngor. Mae’r rôl hon yn agored i bobl leyg a gweithwyr proffesiynol ar gofrestr yr NMC.
NMC responds to CQC State of Care report 2024
Published on 25 October 2024
Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) assessment of health care and social care in England for 2024, Helen Herniman, NMC Acting Chief Executive and
NMC welcomes Patient Safety Commissioner’s Patient Safety Principles
Published on 23 October 2024
These principles are a guide for leaders at all levels on how to design and deliver safer care for patients and reduce avoidable harm in a safe and learning cul
NMC responds to independent review of midwifery services in Northern Ireland
Published on 22 October 2024
The review led by Professor Mary Renfrew - Enabling Safe Quality Midwifery Services and Care in Northern Ireland – is an examination of midwifery and wider mate
GMC’s Anthony Omo to advise NMC’s fitness to practise team on short-term secondment
Published on 10 October 2024
The NMC is pleased to welcome Anthony Omo, General Counsel and Director of Fitness to Practise at the General Medical Council (GMC), on a three-month secondment
NMC responds to Skills for Care findings on adult social care workforce in 2023-24
Published on 10 October 2024
Skills for Care have published their annual State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England report.
Equal Group’s Mac Alonge to advise NMC Executive Board and Council
Published on 03 October 2024
The NMC has appointed Mac Alonge from The Equal Group as the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) advisor to the Executive Board and our Council for an initi
NMC publishes evaluation of simulated practice learning
Published on 02 October 2024
The NMC has published a new report that evaluates the use of simulated practice learning (SPL) in pre-registration nursing programmes.
Whistleblowing disclosures: The action we took in 2023-24
Published on 30 September 2024
The annual joint whistleblowing disclosures report has been released today (30 September) as part of a collaborative initiative with eight other regulators. Thi
NMC to seek next Council Chair
Published on 27 September 2024
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will shortly launch the process to appoint the next Chair of Council. Sir David Warren will end his term at the point th
How the NMC proposes to transform its culture and regulatory performance
Published on 20 September 2024
The NMC has set out how it intends to transform its culture following the recent independent review, and will discuss the proposals with its governing Council n
NMC responds to CQC national maternity inspection report
Published on 19 September 2024
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report following its recent review of hospital maternity locations in England that had not been inspected and
