References

Department of Health and Social Care. 2024. https://tinyurl.com/bdfx5skv (accessed 16 December 2024)

Nursing and Midwifery Council. 2024. https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-andaccounts/registration-statistics/ (accessed 16 December 2024)

The Nuffield Trust. 2024. https://tinyurl.com/ydp58xzp (accessed 16 December 2024)

Make nursing recruitment a priority

13 January 2025
Volume 34 · Issue 1

As I have shared before, there are many things I didn't know about the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) before I started working there. One such interesting area is why, what and how the NMC maintains a register of professionals. This month, I am particularly interested in the NMC mid-year Registration Data Report (NMC, 2024) detailing information from 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024, which has just been published.

The Nursing and Midwifery Order (2001) (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/253/part/III/made) is the legislation that sets out the articles or ‘rules’ that enable the NMC to deliver its primary purpose, which is to protect the public. Regarding the NMC register, there are detailed rules cited in the Nursing and Midwifery Order, laying out the expectations of the NMC role of maintaining a register, what the entry requirements are, what is recorded, and the handling of concerns about registrants.

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