by admin | Jul 23, 2019 | NMC Legal
A principal requirement in the revalidation process is evidence of continued professional development or CPD. The requirements are: 450 practice hours, or 900 if renewing as both a nurse and midwife 35 hours of CPD including 20 hours of participatory learning The...
by admin | Jul 23, 2019 | NMC Legal
Revalidation is a process that every registered nurse, midwife and nursing associate must go through every three years to show they continue to be competent to practise. The NMC introduced a revalidation requirement in April 2016 and between April 2016 and March 2019,...
by admin | Jul 9, 2019 | NMC Legal
The Government has set out plans to modernise fitness to practise processes and give healthcare regulators greater autonomy to be responsive to a fast-changing healthcare environment. The UK Department of Health & Social Care has published its response to the...
by admin | Jun 22, 2019 | NMC Legal
The leaders of nine healthcare regulators, including the NMC, have signed a joint statement to stress the benefits of good reflection among healthcare professionals. The statement, “Benefits of becoming a reflective practitioner”, outlines the processes and...
by admin | Jun 16, 2019 | NMC Legal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will review post-registration standards after a review found it to have resulted in a ‘patchwork’ of advanced practice education. The external evaluation of the NMCs post-registration standards highlighted a limited...
by admin | Jun 8, 2019 | NMC Legal
ealthcare Regulators consider cases involving dishonesty, sexual misconduct or criminal convictions as serious cases. In assessing seriousness Tribunals will look at any risk to the public. Some concerns are so serious that it is difficult for the registrant to be...
