NMC consider “context” in fitness to practise cases

FollowFollowFollowFollow The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) governing council will consider the need for new ways to identify and consider the context of incidents in fitness to practise cases when it meets this week. Matthew McClelland, NMC’s Director of...

Record number of nurses but ageing concerns remain

FollowFollowFollowFollow The Nursing and Midwifery Council is reporting record number of nurses but remain concerned about aging workforce.  According to reports, the 6-month period from 1st April to 30th September 2019 saw growth across the three categories of...
New NMC midwife standards

New NMC midwife standards

FollowFollowFollowFollow New future midwife standards have been published by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). The new standards were adopted by the NMC Council meeting in October. Standards of proficiency The NMC’s new standards of proficiency for midwives...