Revalidation reports

Revalidation is the process that all nurses and midwives in the UK and nursing associates in England need to follow to maintain their registration with us.

Revalidation encourages professionals to reflect on their practice and demonstrate that they are 'living' our Code and standards. This helps to encourage a culture of sharing, reflection and improvement of their knowledge and skills.  
  
By promoting good practice, Revalidation provides benefits for nurses, midwives and nursing associates as well as the people they care for. 
 
We are reviewing our Revalidation requirements to ensure they continue to support professionals to develop their practice in line with our Code and standards. Our review will draw on our learning from nine years of the current revalidation model, from independent inquiries and from stakeholder feedback. 
 
This is part of a wider programme – as a key element of our work to build a new NMC – to review and enhance our regulatory tools so they continue to support safe, effective and inclusive nursing and midwifery practice as part of our mission to protect the public. This includes work on the Code, revalidation, practice learning and advanced practice.

Reports

We share the data we collect on revalidation every year in our annual reports, which now include analysis on employment, practice and work settings.

We use this information to monitor how the process is going and see where we can make improvements to support the professionals on our register.

We also commissioned Ipsos MORI to carry out an independent evaluation of revalidation for its first three years.

Revalidation data report 2025-2026

Revalidation data report summary 2025-2026

Research

We published research in September 2024 that explores the challenges disabled professionals on our register can encounter when revalidating, and how we can improve their experience.

Understanding disabled professionals' revalidation