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NMC celebrates International Day of the Midwife 2025
Published on 05 May 2025
International Day of the Midwife 2025
NMC to update position on remote prescribing of non-surgical cosmetic medicines
Published on 29 April 2025
The NMC is updating its position on the remote prescribing of non-surgical cosmetic medicines, including certain anti-wrinkle injections and aesthetic emergency
NMC takes step towards race equity by signing UNISON Anti-Racism Charter
Published on 15 April 2025
We yesterday (Monday) signed the UNISON Anti-Racism Charter, as part of our commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation.
Ron Barclay-Smith becomes new NMC Chair
Published on 31 March 2025
We are pleased to announce that Ron Barclay-Smith has been appointed as the new Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), following a competitive proces
Record number of screening decisions in fitness to practise
Published on 25 March 2025
In a record-breaking month, the NMC has made more decisions at the earliest stage of the fitness to practise (FtP) process than ever before. This comes as we ma
NMC to survey 841,000 professionals on the register
Published on 24 March 2025
We’re sending a survey to over 841,000 nursing and midwifery professionals on our register to better understand their experiences of delivering care. We also wa
NMC responds to RCN report about the need to increase and sustain the domestic supply of nurses
Published on 21 March 2025
NMC response
New principles for advanced practice to bring clarity and consistency
Published on 20 March 2025
The NMC has unveiled its principles for advanced practice – which for the first time sets out the regulator’s expectations to support nurses and midwives workin
Council to approve latest pay gap report and Workforce Race Equality Standard survey
Published on 20 March 2025
At its meeting on 26 March, the NMC is asking its Council to approve our pay gaps report and Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) data for 2024.
NMC publishes culture transformation plan
Published on 19 March 2025
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has today published a comprehensive three-year programme to build a positive, empowering and inclusive culture for NMC c
NMC to appoint Executive Director of People and Culture and two new Heads of EDI
Published on 10 March 2025
We have launched recruitment campaigns for senior colleagues who will play crucial roles in transforming our organisation’s culture: an Executive Director of Pe
EDI is about having the confidence to challenge and scrutinise in a robust way
Published on 21 February 2025
“EDI is about having the confidence and competence to challenge and scrutinise in a robust way”- Mac Alonge, The Equal Group
NMC sets out programme of work to support nursing and midwifery practice
Published on 18 February 2025
Subject to Council approval as part of the corporate plan, the NMC will begin work to modernise The Code and revalidation guidance during 2025–2026. Meanwhile,
Sam Donohue discusses nursing associate role on Just a Sharp Scratch podcast
Published on 13 February 2025
Sam Donohue, Acting Executive Director of Professional Practice, recently joined registered nursing associate (NA) Martyn Davey on his podcast Just a Sharp Scra
NMC increases diversity of FtP panel member pool
Published on 30 January 2025
The NMC has increased the diversity of its pool of panel members, who make decisions at fitness to practise hearings. This has been a key aim of successive recr
NMC updates on fitness to practise plan
Published on 29 January 2025
The average age of fitness to practise (FtP) cases continues to fall across several stages of the process, as the NMC starts to reach quicker decisions for peop
Council to decide on next steps for practice learning review
Published on 23 January 2025
At its meeting on 29 January, we’re asking our Council to approve five key lines of enquiry for the next phase of the pre-registration practice learning review.
NMC welcomes Paul Rees MBE as Interim Chief Executive and Registrar
Published on 20 January 2025
Paul Rees MBE has today (20 January 2025) started his 12-month tenure as NMC Interim Chief Executive and Registrar.
NMC responds to RCN report on nurses providing corridor care
Published on 16 January 2025
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has published a report that highlights how nurses are delivering care in unsafe and overcrowded environments due to overwhelm
