nursing

NHS Nurse Shortages continuing to pose a threat to patient safety

On 6 June 2022, the Royal College of Nursing (“RCN”) general secretary, Pat Cullen, spoke at the RCN’s annual conference in Glasgow. She discussed the current impact of the UK’s nurse shortages. This was expanded upon in depth in The Royal College of Nursing Report (“the Report”) published also on 6 June 2022 prior to …

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Half of registered Nurses and Midwives have been recruited from abroad

According to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (“NMC”) ‘Annual Data Report’ for 2021 to 2022 published on 18 May 2022, nearly half of the UK’s newly recruited registered Nurses and Midwives trained outside of the UK, with a total of more than 23,000 joining from overseas, a record high. Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Executive of the …

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Latest NMC figures reveal that nursing levels are at an all-time high – what impact will this have on health and social care providers?

On 17 December 2019, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) published its ‘Mid-year update: 1 April – 30 September 2019’ Register Data Report (“Report”). The latest figures from the Report reveal that between 1 April 2019 to 20 September 2019, the number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates on the NMC register was at an …

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Huge steps forward in sector as as NMC becomes regulator for nursing associates

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has become the regulator in law for nursing associates – the new health and care role designed to bridge the gap between unregulated health care assistants and registered nurses. In 2015, Health Education England’s Shape of Caring review , identified a gap in skills and knowledge between health care assistants and …

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Nursing and Residential Care – The revalidation process for nurses working in care homes

Last month, solicitor Laura Paton explored the importance of revalidation in the eyes of Care Quality Commission. In this article, Nicole Ridgwell considers how the process of revalidation translates into the care home environment Revalidation replaced the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) post-registration education and practice (Prep) requirements in April 2016 as the mandatory route …

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