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How we’re supporting health and care to tackle the climate crisis
Published on 07 March 2024
The NMC has launched its first Environmental Sustainability Plan, aiming to influence the health and care sector, which accounts for over four percent of the UK
NMC’s Sam Foster named visiting professor at University of Greenwich
Published on 07 March 2024
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice at the NMC, has been named as a visiting professor at the University of Greenwich.
NMC data linked with Census to help influence positive change in nursing and midwifery
Published on 07 March 2024
We share insights to help improve the health and care sector, ensuring safe, kind and effective nursing and midwifery care for people and communities. We’re sup
Blog: Andrea Sutcliffe's five reflections on five years
Published on 06 March 2024
This week we’ve launched our #OurCode student campaign. Students and newly qualified professionals from across the UK have shared thoughts on what it means to l
Becoming nurses, midwives and nursing associates: living by #OurCode
Published on 05 March 2024
A new NMC campaign aims to strengthen students’ understanding of the Code and standards, which will guide them to become confident practitioners delivering safe
NMC responds to latest article in The Independent
Published on 04 March 2024
We exist to protect the public, so it’s right we’re held accountable and we welcome scrutiny of our work in the press. On 3 March 2024, The Independent publishe
NMC strengthens decision making guidance on concerns outside professional practice
Published on 27 February 2024
We have strengthened our guidance for NMC decision makers on concerns arising outside professional practice, including sexual misconduct, domestic abuse and dis
Independent experts appointed to review our internal culture
Published on 13 February 2024
The NMC has appointed Nazir Afzal OBE and Rise Associates to lead an independent review of our internal culture, as part of our commitment to learn and improve
NMC response to CQC maternity survey results 2023
Published on 09 February 2024
Following the release of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest annual survey of women’s maternity care experiences in England, Andrea Sutcliffe, NMC Chief
OSCE testing capacity increases to 50,000 for international and returning professionals
Published on 08 February 2024
The total number of candidates who can take their Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) each year has now surpassed 50,000, ensuring that internation
Five years of nursing associates: their fantastic contributions to health and care
Published on 28 January 2024
Five years of nursing associates
Our latest equality and diversity data and reports
Published on 26 January 2024
We’ve published standalone versions of our 2023 Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) report, pay gap reports, and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) dat
NMC responds to Welsh Government’s intention to introduce nursing associate role
Published on 19 January 2024
Andrea Sutcliffe, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, said:
Joint statement on meeting regulatory standards during periods of global or national shortage of medicines – an update
Published on 17 January 2024
In July, we published a joint statement after hearing that people with Type 2 diabetes were experiencing problems accessing GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs)
NMC launches a review of nursing and midwifery practice learning
Published on 09 January 2024
Supporting our future professionals: we’re undertaking research to explore how we can best support student learning across the UK.
NMC congratulates those recognised in New Year Honours
Published on 29 December 2023
New Year honours
NMC thanks Professor Alex McMahon for time as Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland
Published on 20 December 2023
The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for Scotland has announced that he will be retiring in April 2024.
Joint letter from the NMC, NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and the General Medical Council
Published on 12 December 2023
Read our joint letter with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and the General Medical Council on how we’re supporting professionals during another busy wi
NMC welcomes latest milestone on journey to regulatory reform
Published on 11 December 2023
The NMC welcomes the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) response to its consultation Regulating anaesthesia associates and physician associates, an